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Hughes’s Message More Urgent Than Ever

By Robin Bates | Published: July 3, 2023

Langston Hughes’s call for us to return to the vision expressed in the “Declaration of Independence” is more timely than ever.

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No Crystal Stair for Judge Jackson

By Robin Bates | Published: March 22, 2022

The prospect of a Black woman being nominated to the highest court in the land bring to mind Langston Hughes’s “Mother to Son.” In other words, it’s been a long climb.

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Yes, GOP Is Atticus, but Not in a Good Way

By Robin Bates | Published: October 9, 2018

John Cornyn compared the GOP to Atticus Finch? The comparison holds if he has in mind the Atticus of “Go Tell a Watchman.”

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Jack Burden, We Need You on Kavanaugh

By Robin Bates | Published: September 7, 2018

The GOP is currently hiding Judge Kavanaugh’s past in the George W. Bush White House. Needed is Jack Burden from “All the King’s Men.”

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