Jeff Chang

Jeff Chang, a 2008 USA Ford Fellow in Literature, is the author of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation. He is at work on Who We Be: The Colorization of America, on the cultural implications of the new American majority.

Currently

  • The Creativity Stimulus

    April 15, 2009

    Creating jobs for artists--good for the economy and even better for the imagination.

2007

  • News From Nowhere

    November 1, 2007

    Hip-hop star M.I.A. broadcasts the sound of those with one foot in the First World and the other in the global South.

  • Hip-Hop's E-Z Scapegoats

    May 8, 2007

    There's a big difference between the misogynous hip-hop produced by big media and the hip-hop that moves a generation.

  • Moving On Up

    January 4, 2007

    Jay-Z, self-styled savior of hip-hop, is the face of the new establishment.

2002

  • 'Stakes Is High'

    December 23, 2002

    As the central marker of urban youth of color authenticity, rap music has become the key to the niching of youth culture.

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Blogs

» The Notion

Palin as the Church Lady | Going Rogue book tour brings passive-aggressive rightwing Christianity to the fore.
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» Altercation

Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
Eric Alterman

» Editor's Cut

An Alternative to Escalation in Afghanistan | President Obama is expected to make a decision regarding his Afghanistan strategy after Thanksgiving.
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» The Beat

House Rebels Force Fed Audit, Real Economy Onto Agenda | Frank's Financial Services Committee becomes focal point for revolts by members who worry about powerful banks and unemployment.
John Nichols
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» The Dreyfuss Report

Chongqing: Socialism in One City | China is managing the most important event in the world: the urbanization of half a billion people. Fast.
Robert Dreyfuss
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» Act Now!

Toward Copenhagen | A guide to joining the movement against climate change.
Peter Rothberg
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