In Brazil, a record 1,237 black women will stand for office in Sunday’s general election. As in the US, their campaigns reflect deep personal concern about rising racism and sexism in politics.
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An address that’s normally a call for unity instead mirrored the rhetoric of his campaign: unfocused, contradictory and divisive.
President-elect Trump sounded very different from candidate Trump.
Since the Thai military grabbed power in 2014, it’s been widely accepted that the country has moved closer to China, forsaking its former position as a staunch political and economic ally of the West.
The slave trade was used to fund American universities. Scholars are looking to recover the lost stories of the enslaved humans who built some of America’s oldest institutions.
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Research assistant professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Lineberger Distinguished Professor of Art History and History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of Sociology and Director of the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of History and International Affairs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Teaching Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Ph.D. Candidate in Socio-Cultural Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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PhD Student in Media and Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of History and Director of the Global Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Assistant Professor of African Studies and City Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of Science Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill