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The Murphy Institute Difference

Feb 3, 2016

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How is the Murphy Institute different from other spaces of higher learning? In a new video, Murphy Professors Elena Conte, Kafui Attoh, Ruth Milkman, Justin Laird, Andres Puerta weigh in. Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtt5nu5yI0Y
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More Press for Black Silent Majority

Oct 1, 2015

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Murphy Prof. Michael Fortner’s new book Black Silent Majority: the Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment has taken the media world by storm, garnering press from publications, radio and television. In addition to coverage in the New Yorker and Chronicle of Higher Ed, the book has been featured in the NYTimes and New York…
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New Yorker Coverage of Book by Prof. Michael Fortner

Sep 10, 2015

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Murphy Institute Professor Michael Fortner’s hotly anticipated new book Black Silent Majority: the Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment gains yet more coverage with the latest edition of the New Yorker. In Kelefa Sanneh’s review, Body Count, the writer places Fortner’s book in conversation with the latest from Ta-Nehisi Coates (Between the World and Me) as well…
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