Love

Every Friday, about 30 Columbia-affiliated folks go to Rikers Island to teach imprisoned youth. By doing so, we have consciously united theory and practice into a praxis of love.

It’s Valentine’s Day and, while some students are showing off their bouquets of red roses or trying to guess which secret admirer sent them a candygram, Barnard dance professor Lynn Garafola is receiving a truly romantic Valentine’s Day gift. Her husband, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History Eric Foner, is returning home from his scholar-in-residence program in London to spend a precious few days with his wife and daughter.

In American society—one that is predicated on white­-supremacy, male dominance, and class exploitation—it is hard to love.