The Rise of Arthur Ashe: Tennis Star, Civil Rights Activist

The Rise of Arthur Ashe: Tennis Star, Civil Rights Activist

"I finally stopped trying to be part of white society."

By Raymond Arsenault | September 26, 2018

How Small-Town Newspapers Ignored Local Lynchings

How Small-Town Newspapers Ignored Local Lynchings

Sherilynn A. Ifill on Justice (and Its Absence) in the 1930s

By Sherilynn A. Ifill | September 26, 2018

Ben Fountain Reports From the NRA's National Convention, Surrounded by 11 Acres of Guns

Ben Fountain Reports From the NRA's National Convention, Surrounded by 11 Acres of Guns

On the Paranoid Style in American Gun Shows

By Ben Fountain | September 25, 2018

In the Wake of Trump, YA Novels Highlight Immigrant Narratives

In the Wake of Trump, YA Novels Highlight Immigrant Narratives

In Praise of a Sorely Needed Addition to the Genre

By Holly Genovese | September 21, 2018

What <em>Does</em> Democracy Look Like?

What Does Democracy Look Like?

On Occupy Wall Street, Protest Chants, and Participatory Democracy

By James Miller | September 21, 2018

23 Literary Movies and TV Shows You Should Be Watching This Fall

23 Literary Movies and TV Shows You Should Be Watching This Fall

This is Your Essential Book-to-Screen Fall Preview

By Emily Temple | September 20, 2018

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Heart the Lover
  • What a Time to Be Alive
  • Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave: My Cemetery Journeys
  • Pick a Color
  • The Eternal Forest: A Memoir of the Cuban Diaspora
  • Scream with Me: Horror Films and the Rise of American Feminism (1968-1980)

Who Exactly Was the Original Jezebel?

By Wednesday Martin | September 20, 2018

The Straight Line From Slavery to
Private Prisons

By Shane Bauer | September 19, 2018

The Fall of Men Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

By Rebecca Solnit | September 17, 2018

Acting While Black in the Civil Rights Era

Acting While Black in the Civil Rights Era

On the Challenges Facing Black TV Actors in the 1960s

By Ann duCille | September 17, 2018

When Fascists Weaponize Free Speech Absolutism

When Fascists Weaponize Free Speech Absolutism

How Donald Trump's Rise Has Been One Long Attack on "Political Correctness"

By Jason Stanley | September 12, 2018

Inside Susan Sontag's Extensive FBI File

Inside Susan Sontag's Extensive FBI File

Classification: “Subversive"

By JPat Brown, B. C. D. Lipton, and Michael Morisy | September 12, 2018

The Voters Who Disappeared From the Rolls

The Voters Who Disappeared From the Rolls

Carol Anderson Reveals the Latest Casualties in the War on Democracy

By Carol Anderson | September 11, 2018

Walter Mosley: Enough with the Victors Writing History

Walter Mosley: Enough with the Victors Writing History

They Burn Whatever and Whoever Disagrees with Your Conception of the World

By Walter Mosley | September 5, 2018

What Does Anger Mean For the Immigrant?

What Does Anger Mean For the Immigrant?

On Coming to America and Taking Off the "Mask That Grins"

By Sharmila Sen | August 30, 2018

White Artists Need to Start Addressing White Supremacy in Their Work

White Artists Need to Start Addressing White Supremacy in Their Work

Those Who Benefit From Racism Should Be on the Front Lines Fighting It

By Angela Pelster | August 29, 2018

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