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Happy MLK Day everyone. A brief reflection: To me, the most important aspect of the impressive and moving MLK memorial in Washington, D.C., is the way it looks out over the Tidal Basin to Jefferson: the great prophet of justice keeping vigil on the high priest of democracy, eternally waiting for what we preach to travel the distance to what we practice. 
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Why empire?This blog presents new scholarship on American empire, places the American experience in a broader and global imperial context, explores imperial habits throughout American society and culture, uncovers the imperial connections between the foreign and the domestic, and develops “empire” as a critical perspective.
At least two features in the American experience are clarified through the lens of American empire: First, we better understand persistent social inequities in a nation professing a fundamental commitment to equality. Second, even a cursory glance at American history makes plain the chronic violence at the center of US foreign policy, which frequently mounts or supports bloody military conflict abroad. Empire helps us recognize how and why the United States seems to be constantly at war--including often with itself--with all the foreign and domestic consequences thereof. |
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