Society

Strange Fruit Strange Fruit

I have a friend who is the only black person living in his luxury cooperative building. A few years back, there was a get-to-know-your-neighbor party.

Dec 23, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

In Cold Type In Cold Type

Topic magazine is a kaleidoscopic new British literary review, still in its infancy and edited by a bunch of precocious Cambridge graduate students.

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz

‘Stakes Is High’ ‘Stakes Is High’

Fifteen years ago, rappers like Public Enemy, KRS-One and Queen Latifah were received as heralds of a new movement.

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jeff Chang

Russell Simmons’s Rap Russell Simmons’s Rap

Russell Simmons, known for decades as Rush to his friends, is of average height and build for a man his age (45), with a cleanshaven face, bald dome and light complexion.

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Miles Marshall Lewis

Holy Rock ‘n’ Rollers Holy Rock ‘n’ Rollers

In Hicksville, Long Island, on any given Sunday afternoon, pierced and tattooed teenagers in black clothing gather to listen and watch as groups of kids like themselves tear th...

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Lauren Sandler

Fear of a Punk Planet Fear of a Punk Planet

The Chicago-based magazine Punk Planet--nominated for the past two years in Utne Reader's Alternate Press Awards for "General Excellence," along with such better-heeled competi...

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ivan Kreilkamp

Kathleen Hanna’s Fire Kathleen Hanna’s Fire

On the self-titled debut record by punk/dance band Le Tigre, there's a short song called "Eau d'Bedroom Dancing" that pays tribute to the timeless tradition of spinning around ...

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Hillary Frey

Empire of the Air Empire of the Air

Kristin Thomson, Michael Bracy and Peter DiCola also contributed to this article.

Dec 23, 2002 / Feature / Jenny Toomey

Sweet Soul Music Sweet Soul Music

As Trent Lott struggled to "repudiate" segregation fifty years after it was outlawed, about the only point he left out of his incoherent counterattack is that he was a soul-mus...

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro

Tap Roots Tap Roots

It's a shame that Savion Glover is trying so hard to hide from the world, because he's the greatest tap dancer who ever breathed.

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Diane Rafferty

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