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Lewis R. Gordon
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Philosopher, musician, chef

Lewis Ricardo Gordon is an American philosopher at the University of Connecticut who works in the areas of Africana philosophy, existentialism, phenomenology, social and political theory, postcolonial thought, theories of race and racism, philosophies of liberation, aesthetics, philosophy of education, and philosophy of religion. He has written particularly extensively on Africana and black existentialism, postcolonial phenomenology, race and racism, and on the works and thought of W. E. B. Du Bois and Frantz Fanon. His most recent book is titled: Fear of Black Consciousness. .. more

Political science 29%
Sociology 25%

ONLINE FIRST in PHILOSOPHY AND GLOBL AFFAIRS
published on January 3, 2026
Shuchen Xiang
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"Culture and Normativity
A Confucian Alternative to Liberal Individualism"
Culture and Normativity: A Confucian Alternative to Liberal Individualism - published on January 3, 2026
This article shows how Confucian thinking about normativity or the ethical is premised on culture (wen, 文). Underlying this relationship between culture and normativity is the Confucian assumption tha...
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To: European leaders

From: Robert Reich

It is impossible to appease a tyrant.

Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/memo-to-europe-remember-neville-chamberlain

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Since taking office a year ago, Trump and his family have inflated their personal wealth by nearly $2 billion.

An estimated $1.3 billion of that has come from his burgeoning crypto grifts, which could put the rest of us at severe economic risk. https://youtu.be/gpCxV-cRY4o?si=hv3qQImBGP_XgwSA
Trump's Crypto Corruption, Explained
Trump's crypto corruption is off the charts.Here's how the president's latest grift could endanger our democracy and cra
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

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Trump claims he’s cracking down on fraud in Minnesota — while pardoning actual fraudsters.

Over half of his 88 individual pardons have been for white collar crimes, including money laundering, bank fraud, and wire fraud.

It’s all part of his pay-to-pardon scheme.
Trump’s Pay-to-Pardon Scheme
Corporate executives who defraud nursing homes? Pardoned.Reality TV stars who evade millions in taxes? Pardoned.Thousand
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The 15 richest people in America saw their collective wealth jump nearly $1 trillion during Trump's year back in office.

Many of them were standing alongside Trump at his inauguration one year ago today.

How are you doing?

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ICE is reportedly incentivizing its agents with financial rewards to hit a 3,000 arrests-per-day quota, even if those they detain are later released.

Remember this as Trump's thugs terrorize Minneapolis. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-standoff-that-has-turned-minnesota-into-a-tinderbox-a3a7e672
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Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

#EricBibb, great blues man. Give him a listen.
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Rocking Chair
YouTube video by Eric Bibb - Topic
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🚨NEWS: Trump just quietly deployed his regulators to try to help GOP donors block states from reducing credit card interest rates, according to documents reviewed by @levernews.com.

Trump's intervention comes at the same moment he is telling voters he supports capping credit card interest rates.
Trump’s Playing Both Sides Of The Credit Card Fight
Trump claims he wants to lower credit card interest rates. His regulators are doing the opposite.
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What sane woman thinks a safe, reasonable conversation is about to happen with a gun toting, angry masked man pulling at her car door handle?

Anybody who pretends this dynamic doesn’t exist is either a bold face liar & propagandist or a very sheltered, limited life experience, dweeb.

#TrumpAdministrationLies maligning #ReneeNicoleGood exemplify there is no low to which this group of psychopaths and sociopaths will not stoop.

DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism https://theonion.com/dhs-warns-any-action-by-americans-will-be-treated-as-domestic-terrorism/

The 30th Anniversary Edition of #Bad_Faith_and_Antiblack_Racism, with a Foreword by Mabogo P. More and Afterwords by Jacqueline M. Martinez and Paget Henry, is now in print.
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Bad Faith and Antiblack Racism
In this contemporary classic, Lewis Gordon presents his iconic, detailed existential phenomenological investigation of antiblack racism as a form of Sartrean ba…
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Why a former federal judge calls #Trump "uniquely #dangerous."
Judge (Ret.) Mark Wolf, former U.S. district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Senior counsel at the Boston law firm Todd & Weld.
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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
Get ready for your aha moment: Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti pierces your news bubble to expose the whole story. Getting answers to the questions that need to be asked, examining our history ...
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#OnPoint
#CyberSecurity
Listening to current episode, "How the cybersecurity industry is responding to growing foreign threats." A must listen.
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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
Get ready for your aha moment: Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti pierces your news bubble to expose the whole story. Getting answers to the questions that need to be asked, examining our history ...
www.wbur.org

Military attorneys drop BAD NEWS for Pete #Hegseth
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Military attorneys drop BAD NEWS for Pete Hegseth
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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#Fanon : #AfricanSudiesReviewDistinguishedLecture in Atlanta this Friday, November 21, 2025