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Cornel West

Cornel West is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual. He is Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University. He has published over twenty books, but is is best known for his classics Race Matters and Democracy Matters, and his memoir, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud.

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Politics, Race

Missing Zinn

On the tenth anniversary of radical historian Howard Zinn’s death, Cornel West opens up about their friendship and what Zinn would have made of the decade—including whether he would have voted for Bernie.

Cornel West, Mordecai Lyon

Race

Speaking the Truth

Cornel West and Deborah Chasman discuss the disproportionately white publishing world, the responsibilities and burdens of public life, and the predicament of black intellectuals today.

Cornel West, Deborah Chasman

Philosophy & Religion, Race

A Love Supreme

Remembering James H. Cone.

Cornel West

Podcast, Race

Brother Martin Was a Blues Man

Cornel West on Martin Luther King, Jr., hope, and the future of activism.

Cornel West

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