The Afro–Culture Wars:
The “New Black Man” Cultural Criticism as Pseudo–analysis, Pt. 2
by Norman Kelley

Are you one of those wobbly intellectuals or cultural critics who feels uneasy around strong black men, especially those young black dudes who distrust whites and don’t have a kind word for gays?
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Report from Brazil: Dark Clouds Surround an Evangelical Movement on the Rise Across the Globe
by Jared Goyette

On March 21st, 2001, Lucas Terra, a 14-year-old boy in Salvador, Brazil, called his parents to say that he would be home late so he could attend a special prayer session with Silvio Galiza, pastor at “A Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus” or the “The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God,” known as IURD for its Portuguese acronym.
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Talking about Class
by Richard Wells

Here in America class is a force we all seem to feel on some level. At the same time, it can be damned hard to know class when we see it, and even harder to understand all the ways it shapes our society.
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