Culture

Hong Kong’s Cartoonists Aren’t Giving Up on Dissent

Hong Kong’s Cartoonists Aren’t Giving Up on Dissent Hong Kong’s Cartoonists Aren’t Giving Up on Dissent

As the city braces for a new law that could stifle free speech, local artists are still spurring on the protest movement.

Jun 25, 2020 / Rachel Cheung

British police

It’s Time to Disarm the Police It’s Time to Disarm the Police

It can be done. Just look at London!

Jun 25, 2020 / D.D. Guttenplan

How Visual Culture Is Implicated in Mass Incarceration

How Visual Culture Is Implicated in Mass Incarceration How Visual Culture Is Implicated in Mass Incarceration

Art historian Nicole R. Fleetwood’s Marking Time explores the creative practices and cultural institutions shaped by the prison industrial complex.

Jun 25, 2020 / Jessica Lynne

Between Mystery and Social Democracy: A Journey Through Scandinavian Crime Novels

Between Mystery and Social Democracy: A Journey Through Scandinavian Crime Novels Between Mystery and Social Democracy: A Journey Through Scandinavian Crime Novels

We talked to Wendy Lesser about her new book Scandinavian Noir: In Pursuit of a Mystery and just why this regional genre continues to strike a chord.  

Jun 24, 2020 / Q&A / Rachel Monroe

Jewelle Gomez

A Lesbian Archive Sends Its Love Letter: Find History, Find Yourself A Lesbian Archive Sends Its Love Letter: Find History, Find Yourself

Scenes from a pandemic: 13

Jun 24, 2020 / Jewelle Gomez

‘To Embrace the Fucked-Up’: On Dodie Bellamy

‘To Embrace the Fucked-Up’: On Dodie Bellamy ‘To Embrace the Fucked-Up’: On Dodie Bellamy

The trailblazing San Francisco writer takes a political stance against systems that rely on social assimilation.

Jun 23, 2020 / Claire Mullen

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Officer, Why the Riot Gear? Officer, Why the Riot Gear?

Racism and brutality are entrenched into our nation's police departments.

Jun 23, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

Da 5 Bloods

The World Is Finally Catching Up to Spike Lee The World Is Finally Catching Up to Spike Lee

From Do the Right Thing to Da 5 Bloods, no American filmmaker speaks more urgently to our times.

Jun 22, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Go Ahead and Destroy That Racist Statue (and Then the System Too)

Go Ahead and Destroy That Racist Statue (and Then the System Too) Go Ahead and Destroy That Racist Statue (and Then the System Too)

While politicians are painting murals in lieu of undertaking real change, protesters are making history by pulling down symbols of white supremacy.

Jun 22, 2020 / Jillian Steinhauer

Who Really Was Roy Cohn?

Who Really Was Roy Cohn? Who Really Was Roy Cohn?

We talked to Ivy Meeropol about her new documentary on the man who helped send her grandparents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, to the electric chair. 

Jun 18, 2020 / Q&A / Elena Goukassian

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