The Future of Postcolonial Thought The Future of Postcolonial Thought
A pair of books—one by Walter Mignolo and Catherine Walsh, another by Achille Mbembe—consider the unfulfilled promise of decolonization.
Mar 9, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Arjun Appadurai
International Women’s Day International Women’s Day
Healing hands project.
Mar 8, 2021 / OppArt / Marietta Bernstorff
Why Do Humans Move? Why Do Humans Move?
A new history examines how migration has been the rule of history, not the exception.
Mar 8, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Immerwahr
Elegy Elegy
Sundays, my brother returns as a trapezoid of light inching across the fading rug, showing me again that windows need cleaning. He returns each time a breeze brings the unpleasantn…
Mar 6, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Tuttle
The Notes The Notes
I stay in bed and listen for any music. Today is cheerful, it has overshot itself and is tomorrow. I’m left behind, waiting for the birds to return. They’ve moved on. I now know th…
Mar 6, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Victoria Chang
Don’t Stop Thinking About (Tom) Tomorrow Don’t Stop Thinking About (Tom) Tomorrow
Cartoonist Dan Perkins increasingly turns to the iconography of science fiction to keep pace with the absurdity of the moment.
Mar 5, 2021 / Jeet Heer
Renewable Energy! Renewable Energy!
Battling GOP lies to save our future.
Mar 5, 2021 / OppArt / Cristián Pietrapiana
Postcard From the Ancestors Postcard From the Ancestors
Black excellence.
Mar 4, 2021 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández
How Pelé Sold Out How Pelé Sold Out
A new Netflix documentary revisits the soccer star’s illustrious World Cup career during a pivotal period in Brazilian history.
Mar 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Miguel Salazar
I Would Not, Could Not, Read Those Books to Kids! I Would Not, Could Not, Read Those Books to Kids!
Dr. Seuss Enterprises was absolutely right to ditch six racist Seuss books—and no, that's not cancel culture in action.
Mar 3, 2021 / Elie Mystal