Jelani Cobb

Jelani Cobb is a professor of Africana studies and history at Rutgers University and the author of The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress.

Come Home, Snowden

Misguided Flight

If he wants a place in history as a serious rights advocate, he needs to return to the U.S., says Jelani Cobb.

Jelani Cobb | Published Jun 25, 2013

Slow Justice

he arrest in Trayvon Martin’s killing took 46 days—and only came after a public uproar, says Jelani Cobb.

Jelani Cobb | Published Apr 12, 2012