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Glenn C. Loury is Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences Brown University. He is author of Race, Incarceration, and American Values.
Scarcity lays the foundation for thinking differently about poverty.
He didn’t believe in short-cuts.
James Q. Wilson’s Legacy
BR Co-editor Joshua Cohen chats with contributor Glenn Loury on Bloggingheads.tv
A Conversation
What role should “identity” play in our politics and in our lives?
Race and the transformation of criminal justice.
A roundtable with bell hooks, Cornel West, and more.
Michael Brown shouldn’t be a poster child for social justice movements.
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