James Baldwin Review

Cover art for JBR Vol 11, featuring James Baldwin's US passport. courtesy of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

James Baldwin Review (JBR) is proud to announce the publication of its eleventh volume with thanks to the extraordinary collaborative vision of three European guest editors: Remo Verdickt, Pieter Vermeulen, and Gianna Zocco.
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The #JamesBaldwin Review (JBR) is an annual journal, bringing together work on the life, writings, and legacy of James Baldwin

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Baldwin’s still witnessing. Today’s antics by that monster prove Baldwin right once more.

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

Science at risk: The funding pause is more damaging than you might think Research that helps drive our economy is on hold and may face new ideological limits.

If you're wondering why scientists are freaking the fuck out about what's being described as a pause in spending, I have written an article just for you:

Attacks on higher ed are also attacks on the economy. Pass it on.

When things don't magically get better after banning DEI, what will the explanation be?

How’s your constitutional crises going this fine Wednesday morning?

by freezing all federal grants, trump is fundamentally transforming the relationship between the executive and congress. he is asserting dictatorial authority over federal spending, transforming congress's lawmaking powers into advisory authority. it is a constitutional crisis

"HEY! that fellow's talking about me!"
"And that makes a difference," says the voice of reason...
Yikes!
as the French say: plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
alas; and yet here we are.

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"HEY! that fellow's talking about me!"
"And that makes a difference," says the voice of reason...
Yikes!
as the French say: plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
alas; and yet here we are.

Article I says Congress makes laws and has power of the purse.

Article II requires POTUS to faithfully execute laws.

Refusing to execute laws so he can usurp Congress’s budgetary authority is unconstitutional.

A self-respecting Congress would do a veto-proof resolution, and if necessary, impeach.

The separation of powers designates that Congress controls the financial powers of our government. Trump's series of sweeping executive orders within the last few days has sought expressly to rob Congress of that power.
Demand opposition. Implore Congress to act: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...

Can someone please explain how/when Congress lost the “power of the purse”?!

very excited to see what happens when you make a deeply compromised addict the leader of the department of defense and subordinate to a madman

This is not a Baldwin quote. These lines were penned, instead, by Robert Jones Jr. author of the novel “The Prophets”. Please stop recirculating this misattribution.

It sure would be a hassle if folks continued to send lots of large files to this address over and over again: DEIAtruth@opm.gov

That would be bad, right? It might bog things down, even interfere with the current witch hunt.

Allow us to suggest such a file: www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...

The phrase “It’s impossible to fear diversity and to enter the future at the same time” -Gene Roddenberry are posted over an orange Star Trek delta on a wall. A hand holds up a to-go coffee cup at the bottom of the photo since this was originally produced by a coffee company for a promotion

Regarding the attacks on “DEI”
at NASA especially..

They set up a snitch line for DEI in the federal government. If you feel like sending your best copies of the bee movie script or some queer smut, have at it.

DEIAtruth@opm.gov

🚨 🚨 🚨 HOMEWORK 🚨 🚨 🚨

The email address for federal workers to inform on their colleagues is DEIAtruth@opm.gov.

Would be a real shame if folks flooded that inbox, rendering it useless.

What James Baldwin Can Teach Us About Race and Identity in America Today The mid-20th century writer suggested that both white and Black Americans need to grapple with the deeper issues of who they truly are

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Trump campaign against diversity urges government employees to turn informer — Reuters The Trump administration on Wednesday urged government employees to inform on each other and their departments in order to root out any attempts to hide diversity programs.

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In his 1963 “A Talk to Teachers,” Baldwin warned about complacency:

“It’s inconceivable that a sovereign people should continue, as we do so abjectly, to say ‘I can’t do anything about it. It’s the government.”

We avoid this reality at our own peril!

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James Baldwin Review (JBR) is an annual journal that brings together a wide array of peer‐reviewed critical and creative non-fiction on the life, writings, and legacy of James Baldwin.
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