James PetersonJames Peterson OpinionNobody Doubts It: Our Perennial Return to Frederick Douglass’ Soaring RhetoricOne of the unmitigatedly Black customs of America’s July 4 celebration has become the intentional circulation of Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave is the 4th of July?” speech.July 2, 2024OpinionThe Art of the Repair: Imagining a Reparative Possibility for the University of the Arts, Lincoln University, and the Barnes FoundationWhat if Philadelphia’s University of the Arts could be repurposed as an addition to Lincoln University’s institutional footprint in Philadelphia?June 16, 2024OpinionThe Commencement Story and the Rhymes of HistoryThis season of commencement proceedings has been different. In a moment when there has been a chilling effect on free speech across college campuses, the commencement address has become fraught with anxiety.May 31, 2024Page 1 of 1
