Dr. Boyce: Go, Cornel Go – America Needs Your Courage
In a recent article in Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Professor Cornel West “went HAM” on Tulane University Professor Melissa Harris-Perry. In what might be his strongest public comments yet, West referred to Harris-Perry as a “fake” and a “fraud” for allowing herself to be used by the liberal establishment to shoot down [...]
Dr. Boyce: Why I’m So Happy for Cornel West
In this video, Dr. Boyce Watkins talks about the decision of Cornel West to leave Princeton University, among other issues.
Matthew Briones: “I Would Take a Bullet For Cornel West”
In July 2012, Cornel West will make his much anticipated return to Union Theological Seminary — the site of his first academic job and one of the sacred grounds he calls home — from his current position at the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University. In light of this news and in the [...]
Cornel West Leaving Princeton University
Cornel West, the peripatetic public intellectual and political activist, plans to finish out a teaching career that has taken him from Yale to Harvard to Princeton by moving back this coming summer to Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, where he began as an assistant professor in 1977. Dr. West, the author [...]
JAILED: Raheem Devaughn Arrested Along with Dr. Cornel West For Supporting OccupyDC
As the “Occupy” protests around the globe continue to pick up, things are getting heavy in Washington D.C. Yesterday, both Dr. Cornel West and Raheem DeVaughn were arrested for protesting on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, along with many others. Read More
Cornel West Behind Bars (VIDEO)
Author, professor and social activist Cornel West was arrested on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. while taking part in a group protest against corporate influence in politics. A Supreme Court spokeswoman said that 19 demonstrators were arrested Sunday afternoon when they refused to leave the grounds of the court. Ann [...]