Education in New Orleans (Vol. 17 #3/4)

While all aspects of life in the greater New Orleans area were affected by the storm, education became a central linchpin of a post-Katrina recovery an…

Freedom Summer (Vol. 17 #1/2)

Today the legacy of the Freedom Summer is evident from the streets, to campuses, to the polling booths.   Freedom Summer (Vol. 17, #1/2) …

“Transition with a Real Slow Fade”: The Life and Work of Richard Iton (Vol. 16 #3/4)

Richard Iton sought to index the “minor key sensibilities” of Black Politics in the forms on the “underground,” the “vagabond” and the “deviant.” …

Black Religion and Spirituality: Creativity, Adaptation, and (Vol. 16 #1/2)

Spirituality, religion and religious institutions are central to the lives of black people in Africa and the African Diaspora. SPIRITUALITY, REL…

Neoliberalism and Cultural Politics in Dubai and Brazil (Vol. 15 #4)

This issue of Souls takes up the issue of Neoliberalism and Cultural Politics in Dubai and Brazil is anchored by two articles about Black identity and …

Torture, Trauma, Violence and Self-Defense: Mapping Black Pain, Memory and Resistance (Vol. 15 #3)

The articles in this issue of SOULS highlights the complex matrix of torture and trauma/ pain and resistance within the African Diaspora.  …

Black Protest, Politics, and Forms of Resistance (Vol. 14 #1/2)

This issue of Souls takes up the question of protest tactics, and their changing and continued relevance to Black and other oppressed communities. &…

Austerity, Neoliberalism, and Black Communities (Vol. 14 #3/4)

The terms ‘austerity’ and ‘neoliberalism’, so commonly used in academic circles to discuss the current economic realities, have a sterile ring to them.…

The Election Issue (Vol. 14 #1/2)

The inaugural issue of Souls at University of Illinois at Chicago   THE ELECTION ISSUE  (Vol. 14 #1/2) Editor: Barbara Ransby, Univers…