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Is this the Race War?

Some Reflections on Police Shootings and Shootings of Police   by Cord J. Whitaker   In the wake of this week’s biggest news items—Alton Sterling’s killing at the hands of Baton Rouge police; Philando Castile’s killing at the hands of Minnesota police; the retaliatory killing of five police officers and wounding of seven more and […]

Racial Dynamics in the Medieval Literature Classroom

By Jonathan Hsy Jonathan Hsy is an Associate Professor of English at George Washington University, and his teaching and research interests span medieval literature, translation studies, and disability theory. He blogs at In The Middle (a group medieval studies blog) and co-directs the Global Chaucers project, a real-life and online community exploring Chaucer’s modern reception […]

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