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Marvin King

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  • S1 · E30
    September 28 · 41 min

    Black Republicans, Political Identity & the Myth of a Monolithic Black Vote | Prof. Corey Fields – Georgetown (Ep. 30)

    Corey Fields of Georgetown University and author of Black Elephants in the Room: The Unexpected Politics of African American Republicans, on what Black Republicans can teach us about the complexity of race, identity, and political behavior. Fields recommends Cathy Cohen's The Boundaries of Blackness and Jean Beaman's Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France. Get more analysis like this straight to your inbox by subscribing to Civic Lens: marvinking1.substack.com

  • S1 · E29
    September 28 · 31 min

    Mass Incarceration, Crime & the American Criminal Justice System | Prof. Jeffrey Bellin – Vanderbilt Law School (Ep. 29)

    Vanderbilt University Law Professor Jeff Bellin, author of Mass Incarceration Nation: How the United States Became Addicted to Prisons and Jails and How It Can Recover, traces the development of American mass incarceration from the crime increases of the 1960s and 1970s through the expansion of policing, prosecution, sentencing, and imprisonment that followed. Get more analysis like this straight to your inbox by subscribing to Civic Lens: marvinking1.substack.com

  • S1 · E28
    September 21 · 23 min

    Optimized Option: How AI is Changing Higher Education & College Teaching | Dr. Liz Norell - University of Mississippi (Ep. 28)

    Liz Norell, Associate Director for Instructional Learning at The University of Mississippi's Center for Teaching and Learning, answers what if the biggest challenge facing higher education isn't technology—but keeping students motivated to learn? Liz recommends A Pedagogy of Kindness and 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People . Get more analysis like this straight to your inbox by subscribing to Civic Lens: marvinking1.substack.com

  • S1 · E27
    September 14 · 39 min

    When Does a Child Become an Adult? Juvenile Justice | Prof. Laura Cohen - Rutgers School of Law - (Ep. 27)

    American law draws the line between childhood and adulthood in very different places—with consequences that can last a lifetime. Professor Cohen recommends: When They Us, Adolescence, and The Rage of Innocence by Kristen Henning. In re Gault, Roper v. Simmons, Graham v. Florida, Miller v. Alabama, and Jones v. Mississippi. Get more analysis like this straight to your inbox by subscribing to Civic Lens: marvinking1.substack.com

  • S1 · E26
    September 7 · 36 min

    The Limits of Presidential Power & Executive Orders | Prof. Andrew Rudalevige - Bowdoin (Ep. 26)

    Bowdoin College's Andrew Rudalevige on how the presidency become so powerful and what it means for American democracy. Rudalevige is the author of By Executive Order: Bureaucratic Management and the Limits of Presidential Power and The New Imperial Presidency: Renewing Presidential Power after Watergate. Rudalevige recommends: Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents: The Politics of Leadership from Roosevelt to Reagan, The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency, The Development of the American Presidency, and the podcasts Presidential and Can He Do That? (now known as Sidebar). Get more analysis like this straight to your inbox by subscribing to Civic Lens: marvinking1.substack.com

  • S1 · E25
    August 31 · 25 min

    Civil Religion and the Rise of Southern Politics | Prof. Matthew Wilson - SMU (Ep. 25)

    SMU's Matthew Wilson on how religious beliefs shape politics - even for people who rarely think about religion. Wilson is the co-author of Politics and Religion in the United States and From pews to polling places : faith and politics in the American religious mosaic. Wilson recommends: America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln, Get more analysis like this straight to your inbox by subscribing to Civic Lens: marvinking1.substack.com

  • S1 · E24
    August 26 · 27 min

    Southern Identity, Political Change & Why the South Still Matters | Chris Cooper – Western Carolina University (Ep. 24)

    Chris Cooper on how the South has become more urban, diverse, and connected to the rest of America, yet its identity as Southern still matters. Cooper is the author of: Anatomy of a Purple State: A North Carolina Politics Primer and co-author with Gibbs Knotts of The Resilience of Southern Identity: Why the South Still Matters in the Minds of Its People. Cooper recommends: Southern Politics in State and Nation (Key), Movers and Stayers: The Partisan Transformation of 21st Century Southern Politics (Irwin), Insecure Majorities: Congress and the Perpetual Campaign (Lee), Rural Republican Realignment in the Modern South: The Untold Story (Hood and McKee), and An American Problem: How the Country Built—and the Supreme Court Broke—the Voting Rights Act (Miller and Morris) Get more analysis like this straight to your inbox by subscribing to Civic Lens: marvinking1.substack.com

  • S1 · E23
    August 24 · 31 min

    Political Polarization & The Changing American South | Dr. Scott Huffmon - Winthrop (Ep. 23)

    Scott Huffmon (The Winthrop Poll⁠) of Winthrop University and Director of the Winthrop Poll discusses how migration has changed the South, evolving views on the Confederate Flag, polarization, and the Trump effect on South Carolina and Southern politics. Huffmon recommends: The Long Southern Strategy, American Experience on PBS - Civil Rights, and "Jail, No Bail" Get more analysis like this straight to your inbox by subscribing to Civic Lens: marvinking1.substack.com

  • S1 · E22
    August 17 · 25 min

    Corporate Taxes, Economic Inequality & Who Pays for Government | Amy Hanauer - ITEP.org (Ep. 22)

    Amy Hanauer of ITEP asks "When profitable corporations pay little or nothing in taxes, who makes up the difference?" Hanauer recommnds: Why Corporations Must Pay More, ITEP State Policy, The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History, and Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America Get more analysis like this straight to your inbox by subscribing to Civic Lens: marvinking1.substack.com

  • S1 · E21
    August 10 · 29 min

    Black Veterans & The Struggle for Equal Citizenship | Prof. Christopher Sebastian Parker - UC Santa Barbara (Ep. 21)

    Christopher Sebastian Parker asks what happens when people fight for democracy abroad but are denied its promises at home. Parker is the author of: Fighting for Democracy: Black Veterans and the Struggle Against White Supremacy in the Postwar South and Change They Can't Believe In: The Tea Party and Reactionary Politics in America. Parker recommends: Divisions: A New History of Racism and Resistance in America's World War II Military, Freedom Struggles: African Americans and World War I, Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military "Close Ranks", Get more analysis like this straight to your inbox by subscribing to Civic Lens: marvinking1.substack.com

  • S1 · E20
    August 3 · 27 min

    Capitalism, Consumer Activism & Free Enterprise History | Prof. Larry Glickman - Cornell (Ep. 20)

    Cornell historian, Larry Glickman, explains that capitalism isn't a fixed system, but an idea that Americans have continually reinvented. Glickman is the author of Free Enterprise: An American History and Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America. Glickman recommends: The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward Baptist, The Incorporation of America, by Alan Trachtenberg, The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy, by Suzanne Mettler, "Why I Am Not a Conservative" by F.A. Hayek, The Marketplace of RevolutionHow Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence by T.H. Breen, and Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery by Seth Rockman. Get more analysis like this straight to your inbox by subscribing to Civic Lens: marvinking1.substack.com

  • S1 · E18
    July 20 · 21 min

    Party Brands, MAGA & The Future of the GOP | Prof. Boris Heersink - Fordham (Ep. 18)

    Boris Heersink (⁠Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865–1968⁠ and ⁠National Party Organizations and Party Brands in American Politics: The Democratic and Republican National Committees, 1912-2016⁠)tells us why party brands are so useful to voters and how Trump's hold on the GOP has shaped that party's brand. Heersink recommends: Learning from Loss: The Democrats, 2016–2020 and The Elephants in the Room: How Trump Voters Seized the Party from Republican Leaders, both by Seth Masket, and The Nationalization of American Political Parties, 1880–1896 by Daniel Klinghard and Presidential Party Building: Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush by Daniel J. Galvin Get more analysis like this straight to your inbox by subscribing to Civic Lens: marvinking1.substack.com

  • S1 · E17
    July 13 · 23 min

    Campaign Finance, Judicial Elections & Voter Accountability | Prof. Michael Kang - Northwestern University (Ep. 17)

    Michael Kang of Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law, and co-author of Free to Judge: The Power of Campaign Money in Judicial Elections discusses the changing role of money in legislative and judicial elections. Kang recommends: Brennan Center for Justice and The Brave New World of Judicial Election by Charles Geyh. Get more analysis like this straight to your inbox by subscribing to Civic Lens: marvinking1.substack.com

  • S1 · E16
    July 6 · 22 min

    Minimum Wage, Labor Markets & Economic Inequality | Prof. Arin Dube - UMass Amherst (Ep. 16)

    Arin Dube, of UMass Amherst, and author of The Wage Standard: What's Wrong in the Labor Market and How to Fix It, speaks on the minimum wage, labor markets, and economic inequality. He was featured in The New Yorker, An Economist’s Quest to Solve America’s Wage Problem, and maintains a Substack. Get more analysis like this straight to your inbox by subscribing to Civic Lens: marvinking1.substack.com

  • S1 · E15
    June 29 · 29 min

    Theater, Storytelling & The Politics of Performance | Dr. Teri Incampo - University of Mississippi (Ep. 15)

    Teri Incampo from the University of Mississippi on the value of theater as an artistic medium, her latest research, and how we can all become more thoughtful consumers of film and theater. Incampo recommends: Is God Is?, Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner, Keke Palmer, Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment by Rhae Lynn Barnes, Bodies in DissentSpectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910 by Daphne A. Brooks, and Cracking Up: Black Feminist Comedy in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century United States by Katelyn Hale Wood. Get more analysis like this straight to your inbox by subscribing to Civic Lens: marvinking1.substack.com

  • S1 · E14
    June 22 · 22 min

    Gender Inequality in Higher Education & The Future of Work | Prof. Elizabeth Armstrong - University of Michigan (Ep. 14)

    University of Michigan sociologist Elizabeth Armstrong, author of Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality discusses emerging research on workplace experiences, where many college-educated women continue to encounter barriers to advancement even in professional careers. Armstrong recommends: Gender Flashpoints: The Power of Dialogue by Abigail C. Saguy Get more analysis like this straight to your inbox by subscribing to Civic Lens: marvinking1.substack.com

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