Michelle Obama at the DNC….
First Lady Michelle Obama’s Magnum Opusby Patricia J. Williams Sep 5, 2012 9:48 AM EDT My television tuned to PBS on one side and my computer streaming live from Charlotte, N.C., on the other, I...
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Published on The Nation (http://www.thenation.com) The Real Risks of Fake Outrage Patricia J. Williams | September 12, 2012 My friend G. lives on Martha’s Vineyard, an island with a complex social...
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The Emancipation Proclamation at 150: a miracle in need of an encore Abraham Lincoln was a revered hero to my family, but Martin Luther King’s message is that the fight for justice is never over…...
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Published on The Nation (http://www.thenation.com) Our Lizard-Brain Politics Patricia J. Williams | October 10, 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s uses his hands to make a point during...
View ArticleWhat Romney Means When He Says What He Doesn’t Mean….
Did Mitt Romney Just Endorse Affirmative Action? Patricia J. Williams on October 19, 2012 – 2:59 PM ET “I learned a great deal,“ said Mitt Romney when asked about women’s pay equity during...
View ArticleCSPAN Event: Gender, Sexuality, and the 2012 Elections
NEW YORK, NY Friday, November 9, 2012 Columbia University hosted a discussion on women’s issues in this year’s election and how those issues may be addressed during the upcoming Congress. Panelists...
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If We Ignore Climate Change, We’re All on a Sinking Ship Patricia J. Williams November 7, 2012 | This article appeared in the November 26, 2012 edition of The Nation. A man walks through piles of...
View ArticleCharlie Rose: A discussion about prison reform
with Eugene Jarecki, Patricia J. Williams and Michelle Alexander, in Current Affairs on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 To view, please follow this link: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12677
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DeliriousMe: Ownership and Identity in An Age of Genomic Medicine by Patricia J. Williams Published in LOG: Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, Volume 25, Summer, 2012 Sometimes it’s hard to...
View ArticleGuns, Democracy, and the Supreme Court
Published on The Nation (http://www.thenation.com) Patricia J. Williams | January 16, 2013 Credit: Kuppa [1], Shutterstock [2] As President Obama begins his second term, our hopes and expectations are...
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Kimani Gray: Guilty Until Proven Innocent Patricia J. Williams March 20, 2013 | This article appeared in the April 8, 2013 edition of The Nation. Demonstrator Fatimah Shakur speaks during a vigil...
View ArticleLessons From the Central Park FivePatricia J. Williams April
Lessons From the Central Park Five Patricia J. Williams April 17, 2013 | This article appeared in the May 6, 2013 edition of The Nation. Kharey Wise, the oldest of the Central Park Five, is...
View ArticleWho Owns What in the Digital Age?
[N.B.: The following piece is part of a discussion commissioned by the Jewish Museum which can be viewed in its entirety at http://blog.thejewishmuseum.org. As described on that site, the topic was...
View ArticleDiversity Without Affirmative Action?
This post is in response to the following question posed by the New York Times: “The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon in a case involving the University of Texas on the use of race and ethnicity...
View ArticleThe Roberts Court’s Civil Rights Denialism
Published on The Nation (http://www.thenation.com) Patricia J. Williams | July 2, 2013 Chief Justice of the United States, John G. Roberts Jr. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) The United States has...
View ArticlePatricia Williams: How Did Trayvon Martin Become the Defendant in the...
Nation in the News on July 15, 2013 – 5:31 PM ET In the wake of the news that George Zimmerman was found innocent, many have reassessed the effectiveness of the law and wondered how a trial about the...
View ArticleComment: The killing of Trayvon Martin is the continuation of business as usual
Published in The Guardian, Friday, July 19, 2013 There’s an old tale about a village that existed on the edge of a precipice. Villagers were perpetually tumbling into the abyss, until one day the...
View ArticleThe Monsterization of Trayvon Martin
Patricia J. Williams July 31, 2013 | This article appeared in the August 19-26, 2013 edition of The Nation. Officers stand guard behind a banner and on the steps of the Los Angeles federal...
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The Race-Baiting of America Patricia J. Williams | August 28, 2013 Source URL: http://www.thenation.com/article/175957/race-baiting-america A memorial is seen at the scene where Australian college...
View ArticleThe Complicated Politics of Self-Exploitation
Published on The Nation (http://www.thenation.com) Patricia J. Williams | September 25, 2013 (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken) Years ago, at the height of what in the Western world was known as “women’s...
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