ESSAYS BY NICHOLAS ENSLEY MITCHELL
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Trump thanking his Black and Latino voters highlights a hard truth for liberals.
The Republican and Democratic coalitions have always been diverse to an extent. But Trump’s performance with nonwhite voters this time finally caught people’s attention.
MSNBC.com. January 22, 2025
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The pope said to vote for the ‘lesser of two evils.’ This is how you decide.
Many Americans have come to disparage the idea of choosing between the “lesser of two evils” instead of embracing it as our duty.
MSNBC.com. September 17, 2024
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Louisiana’s new mandate is the first step in a sinister vision for the country.
The impact of this law on education and the broader cultural clash over civic morality is chilling.
MSNBC.com. June 21, 2024
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The joy of the Brown v. Board decision and the 70 years of resistance that followed.
The promise of the 1954 decision hasn’t translated into reality for today’s Linda Carol Browns.
MSNBC.com. May 17, 2024
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How college athletes could fight back against anti-DEI laws
Public universities that depend heavily on revenue from student-athletes should think twice before risking a boycott over anti-diversity legislation.
MSNBC.com. March 23, 2024
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Want to learn how to respond to fascism? Study Black history.
It’s perplexing how Americans, when discussing the dangers of fascism, invoke the memory of German Nazis and not American segregationists.
MSNBC.com. February 19, 2024
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Bigotry masquerading as philosophy was a 2023 low point.
The most obvious immoral argument that has arisen from this new outpouring of bigotry is the demand for collective punishment.
MSNBC.com. December 28. 2023
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Anti-trans measures force teachers to choose between the law and ethics.
Teachers have an ethical obligation not to subject their students to harm. But what if following laws requiring they out their students does just that?
MSNBC.com. September 12, 2023
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Florida partners with Prager U, which loves gaslighting Black people about racism.
A 2017 PragerU video argues that one of the biggest problems facing Black people is that too many see themselves as victims.
MSNBC.com. July 30, 2023
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In Florida and Texas, we’re seeing the costs of the right-wing's war on higher ed.
Conservative leaders are learning the hard lesson that their attempt to hurt professors will hurt students and their states at large.
MSNBC.com. July 24, 2023
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The not-so-hidden message in campaign mailers sent out in support of DeSantis.
Using a photo of a nonbinary student to attack college degrees like gender studies plays into the deepest fears of conservatives who feel like they're losing "their" country.
NBC Think. November 8, 2022
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What could be Florida Gov. DeSantis’ undoing on the national stage? HBCUs.
DeSantis is the darling of the anti-woke movement, but he would have to explain it outside of Florida in places like Georgia, Ohio and Texas — potential 2024 swing states with HBCUs.
NBC Think. July 26, 2022
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Why nothing gets done — America's culture of violence and the ghosts of Red Summer.
The North Star with Shaun King. May 27, 2022
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On the need to get the language right when talking racial justice.
The North Star with Shaun King. May 24, 2022
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The only politics is blood — On replacement theory in America.
TNS contributing writer Nicholas Mitchell on the violence of Replacement Theory ideology and its role in the Buffalo massacre, and racial violence in general.
The North Star with Shaun King. May 17, 2022
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There still is no hierarchy of oppression.
TNS contributing writer Nicholas Mitchell writes a jeremiad on the betrayal of transgender citizens.
The North Star with Shaun King. April 4, 2022
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The 72-year-old war: DEI, CRT and the integrating of American education.
TNS contributing writer, Nicholas Mitchell unpacks the history of diversity, equity and inclusion in education and its relationship to present-day battles around CRT in American schools.
The North Star with Shaun King. March 8, 2022
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Lies my country told me: Great lies and voting rights.
TNS contributing writer, Nicholas Mitchell unpacks the history of the Black vote, myths of democracy and the present-day perils of sustaining the right to vote for all Americans.
The North Star with Shaun King. February 1, 2022
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The villainy you teach.
Contributing writer Nicholas Mitchell examines how the national debate on cancel culture ignores its roots.
The North Star with Shaun King. January 17, 2022
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The first battle in the culture wars: The quality of diversity.
The Conversation. October 14, 2021
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The ghost of James Baldwin: Racial conservatism, critical race theory, and the fear of a Black idea.
TNS contributing writer, Nicholas Mitchell highlights the cultural work of James Baldwin that pre-dated critical race theory and set a framework for today's dissent and scholarly efforts.
The North Star with Shaun King. September 2, 2021
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Black childhood's end: Reflections on the anniversary of the lynching of George Floyd, the conviction of Derek Chauvin, and the source of Black rage at police killings.
TNS contributing writer, Nicholas Mitchell unpacks the impact that stories of racial trauma has on the innocence of Black youth.
The North Star with Shaun King. July 19, 2021
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Bans on critical race theory could have a chilling effect on how educators teach about racism.
The Conversation. July 13, 2021
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Young, Black, and Southern: How being born in the US after Jim Crow expands my perspective on race.
Blavity. March 6, 2020
