A Message From 1930: Zion Cannot Be Built on Bayonets A Message From 1930: Zion Cannot Be Built on Bayonets
A hope for a more just future echoes across the decades from the pages of The Nation magazine.
Jun 19, 2024 / Richard Kreitner
Diane Oliver’s Fiction From Both Sides of the Color Line Diane Oliver’s Fiction From Both Sides of the Color Line
Neighbors and Other Stories, a posthumously released collection, looks at all the uncertainty and promise of coming of age during and after the civil rights era.
Jun 17, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Kelton Ellis
A Sweeping History of the Black Working Class A Sweeping History of the Black Working Class
By focusing on the Black working class and its long history, Blair LM Kelley’s book, Black Folk, helps tell the larger story of American democracy over the past two and a half cen...
Jun 12, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II
Seeing Ourselves in Joni Mitchell Seeing Ourselves in Joni Mitchell
Ann Powers’s deeply personal biography of Joni Mitchell looks at how a generation of listeners came to identify with the folk singer’s intimate songs.
Jun 11, 2024 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
What’s the Deal With Manhattan’s Pencil-Thin High Rises? What’s the Deal With Manhattan’s Pencil-Thin High Rises?
A walk along 57th Street.
Jun 10, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Karrie Jacobs
A New Novel Explores How to Develop Black Identity in the Absence of Black Culture A New Novel Explores How to Develop Black Identity in the Absence of Black Culture
In Essie Chambers’s debut novel, Swift River, protagonist Diamond Newberry finds ways to fill the gaps in her family tree.
Jun 6, 2024 / Kali Holloway
Showing Contempt for Young Voters Is a Great Way for Democrats to Lose in November Showing Contempt for Young Voters Is a Great Way for Democrats to Lose in November
Hillary Clinton’s arrogance already lost one election. And if Joe Biden follows her example, it can easily cost another.
Controlled Burning/A Love Poem for the Hill Controlled Burning/A Love Poem for the Hill
Jun 6, 2024 / Poems / Tyree Daye
Philip Glass, Solo Artist Philip Glass, Solo Artist
In his most recent album, the composer marks a new turn in his style.
Jun 5, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen