The Past and Future of Latinx Politics The Past and Future of Latinx Politics
Two new books look at the history of Latinx Democrats and Republicans and the role each will play in the future.
Jun 30, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Ed Morales
Maria Reva’s Mordant and Profound Fiction Maria Reva’s Mordant and Profound Fiction
In her short story collection, Good Citizens Need Not Fear, Reva documents the chaos, joy, and serendipity of life before and after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Jun 29, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson
Run the Jewels’ Wake-up Call Run the Jewels’ Wake-up Call
While other mainstream rappers might create one song or one album dedicated to the unrest, Killer Mike and El-P have carried that torch for six years.
Jun 29, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore
Bodies & Water Bodies & Water
I think about my kneecaps, my ear canal, the slight webbing between toes & fingers; I think about brown bodies, my body; how my belly ebbs & sinks & floats & calms…
Jun 16, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Felicia Zamora
I used a tool to reach… I used a tool to reach…
I used a tool to reach a tool I used to make a tool I used to make a metaphysics. The crows, those rocket scientists, those medieval scholars, were exhaustively doing and knowing t…
Jun 16, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Smith
The Deep Roots of Our Housing Crisis The Deep Roots of Our Housing Crisis
By examining the history of housing inequality in San Francisco and California, Conor Dougherty makes a sobering case for how and why our politics and politicians have failed.
Jun 16, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Rachel M. Cohen
The Racist Roots of New Technology The Racist Roots of New Technology
From facial recognition to VR, Ruha Benjamin’s new book illuminates how cutting-edge tech reproduces inequalities.
Jun 15, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse
Moses Sumney’s Songs of Freedom Moses Sumney’s Songs of Freedom
His immersive album græ explores the costs of personal and artistic autonomy.
Jun 3, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse
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Yes, of course: in the end, we found the guilty ones, aliens over-running the route. We were not alone: we had to be tough. It’s true: we were outnumbered. But for quality we hold…
Jun 2, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Ennio Moltedo
The Troubling Origins of Birthright Politics The Troubling Origins of Birthright Politics
Two new works of history examine how the politics of birthright citizenship can be a vehicle for liberation and equality and serve the cause of exclusion.
Jun 2, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Nathan Perl-Rosenthal