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Megan Ming Francis

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Ida B. Wells and the Economics of Racial Violence

In the late 19th century, Wells connected lynchings to the economic interests and status anxieties of white southerners.

by Megan Ming Francis via Items on January 24, 2017

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NAACP protest in support of anti-lynching legislation in 1934 holding signs about lynching.

Philanthropy for Radicals

The Garland Fund was not a typical foundation, but its history shows the potential role philanthropy can play in moments of rising authoritarianism.

by Claire Dunning via Dissent on February 12, 2026

Female prisoners at Parchman sewing.

From Chain Gangs to the “Modern” Southern Prison

Those who sought to modernize and reform prisons have expanded them in the process and more permanently entrenched a racialized carceral state.

by Kirstine Taylor via Inquest on October 29, 2025

Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates speak during the 'Gates Foundation' press conference at the Annual Meeting 2009 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 30, 2009" by Remy Steinegger.

Philanthropy’s Power Brokers

An in-depth reckoning with the Gates Foundation as a discrete actor is long overdue.

by John Miles Branch via Public Books on July 17, 2024

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