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RSN: Ta-Nehisi Coates | I'm Not Black, I'm Kanye

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08 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News IGNORING FUNDING MAKES IT MUCH WORSE - Thirty thousand readers and "30" donations is guaranteed formula for disaster. That was the case yesterday and we made little or no progress. Without any doubt many of those who come to Reader Supported News ignore the organization's financial well being. Need to stand against that. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Ta-Nehisi Coates | I'm Not Black, I'm Kanye  Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic Coates writes: "I could only have seen it there, on the waxed hardwood floor of my elementary-school auditorium, because I was young then, barely 7 years old, and cable had not yet come to the city, and if it had, my father would not have believed in it." READ MORE Senator Orrin Hatch was one of the sponsors of C.H.I.P. (photo: Kristin Murphy/Deseret News) Trump Calls on Congress to Pull Back $15 Billio...

Ta-Nehisi Coates | Why I'm Writing Captain America

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28 February 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News IF YOU ARE GOING TO STAY, HERE’S WHAT IT’S GOING TO TAKE - We are not bought and sold to some wealthy interest. Everything we do is supported 100% by our Readers, 100%. People hate the fundraising but we have an impeccable reputation for honesty. Connect those two dots. If you stay with Reader Supported News, it requires a minimal degree of responsiveness to the funding appeals. If that works for you, great. If not, take your chances with other sources. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Ta-Nehisi Coates | Why I'm Writing Captain America  Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic Coates writes: "For two years I've lived in the world of Wakanda, writing the title Black Panther. I'll continue working in that world. This summer, I'm entering a new one - the world of Captain America." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Face...

Ta-Nehisi Coates v Cornel West: Black Academics and Activists Give Their Verdict

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23 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News IF YOU ARE GOING TO STAY, HERE'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE - We are not bought and sold to some wealthy interest. Everything we do is supported 100% by our Readers, 100%. People hate the fundraising but we have an impeccable reputation for honesty. Connect those two dots. If you stay with Reader Supported News it requires a minimal degree of responsiveness to the funding appeals. If that works for you great, if not take your chances with other sources. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS | Ta-Nehisi Coates v Cornel West: Black Academics and Activists Give Their Verdict    Melvin Rogers, Patrisee Cullors, Carol Anderson and Shailja Patel, Guardian UK   Excerpt: "In a blistering Guardian article last Sunday, Harvard scholar Cornel West labelled award-winning African American author Ta-Nehisi Coates the neoliberal face of the black freedom strugg...

Cornel West | Ta-Nehisi Coates Is the Neoliberal Face of the Black Freedom Struggle

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18 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News A DRAMATIC DECLINE IN FUNDING - We are down 45% in December donations in the span of 1 year, and it’s going to get a lot worse. Last year on this day, our readers went on a donations run of $9,000 in 4 days. This morning so far, we have 5 donations totaling $135. The readership has grown. That part is working. We have to turn this around. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Cornel West | Ta-Nehisi Coates Is the Neoliberal Face of the Black Freedom Struggle    Cornel West, Guardian UK   West writes: "His perception of white people is tribal and his conception of freedom is neoliberal. Racial groups are homogeneous and freedom is individualistic in his world. Classes don’t exist and empires are nonexistent."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

Cornel West: I Refused to Be a Darling of the Liberal Establishment

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09 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News 99% Do Not Donate, We Have to Change That: Every Month 99% of the people who visit RSN do not donate. Not fair to the health of the project and not fair to those who do come through. Supporting RSN: Try it, we believe you will like it. With confidence in you. Marc Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS | Cornel West: I Refused to Be a Darling of the Liberal Establishment    Audie Cornish, The New York Times   Excerpt: "Fitting in, in a neoliberal world, is to be well adjusted to injustice. I'll give you an example: Dear brother Ta-Nehisi Coates has just come out with a new book."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation