Tope Folarin is the director of the Institute for Policy Studies. He’s been with IPS since 2010, first as a Newman Fellow and later as Board Chair. He’s a winner of the Whiting Award for his debut novel, A Particular Kind of Black Man, and the Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story “Miracle.” He’s a graduate of Morehouse College and Oxford.
In his latest book, the Harvard scholar shows how African American writers have used the written word to shape their reality despite constraints imposed on them from outside.
For Édouard Louis, revisiting the past is an act of survival.
Your support is fueling movements to end poverty, stop wars, and build a more just and sustainable future.
New poverty data reveals the effectiveness of pandemic aid programs that are now expired. For poor Americans, building on that success is a matter of life and death.
The acclaimed author and activist had a 40-year history with the Institute for Policy Studies, first as a staff member and later as a project leader and board member.
It was poverty that made the pandemic so deadly. We shouldn’t compound the tragedy of 1 million COVID-19 deaths by letting it continue.
First, Washington needs to stop killing people. Next, we have to challenge our nation’s assumptions and priorities.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee in conversation with Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman, as well as the Institute for Policy Studies’ Tope Folarin, the Friends Committee on National Legislation’s Diane Randall, and Win Without War’s Stephen Miles.
After a year indoors, a writer remembers the joy — and pressures — of a childhood spent in Utah.
The mania of white truth.
Tope Folarin shares an excerpt from his new book, ‘A Particular Kind of Black Man.”
Why the hottest literary trend of the last decade is so blindingly white.
I hope that I am among the last who will languish for years with swollen gums and big dreams.
“Why are we in the West so deeply uncomfortable with and?”
The most salient connection between progressive politics and art is imagination.
Obama needs to put his heart on his sleeve to regain the approval of voters.
Should our education system rely on the help of philanthropists like Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, to achieve meaningful reform?
The direction that Nigeria takes — towards a future of hope and growth, or one of backsliding and defeat — depends, to a great extent, on the country’s future leadership.
We need a system that responds to the realities of immigration in this country while rejecting the knee-jerk discrimination that the Arizona law represents.
Amidst the celebrations there are some real questions about how the people of South Africa will benefit from the World Cup.