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American College Football Couldn’t Exist Without Structural Coercion

American College Football Couldn’t Exist Without Structural Coercion

Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva on the Racial Capitalism at the Heart of the Big Game

By Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva | January 17, 2025

The Unsolved Tale of a British Slave Ship’s Uprising and Shipwreck

The Unsolved Tale of a British Slave Ship’s Uprising and Shipwreck

James H. Sweet on the Mysteries of the “Black Prince” and the Complex History of Anticolonial Mutinies

By James H. Sweet | January 17, 2025

On the Courage of Nan Goldin and the Truth About Germany’s “Never Again Is Now” Resolution

On the Courage of Nan Goldin and the Truth About Germany’s “Never Again Is Now” Resolution

Germany’s Resolution on Antisemitism Is More About Soothing a Nation’s Conscience Than "Protecting Jewish Life”

By A.J. Goldmann | January 15, 2025

Beyond <em>Brown</em>: How the Failure of Desegregation in the North Reveals America's Lingering Racial Fault Lines

Beyond Brown: How the Failure of Desegregation in the North Reveals America's Lingering Racial Fault Lines

Michelle Adams on the Ongoing Legal Struggle For Educational and Racial Equality Across the United States

By Michelle Adams | January 15, 2025

At this year's MLA convention, protestors put Palestine on the docket.

At this year's MLA convention, protestors put Palestine on the docket.

By Brittany Allen | January 13, 2025

Defying Empire: On the Perennially Relevant Political Message of <em>Wicked</em>

Defying Empire: On the Perennially Relevant Political Message of Wicked

Aaron Boehmer Considers Enemies of the State, in the US and Oz

By Aaron Boehmer | January 13, 2025

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My Babies Are Richer Than Yours: On the Lie of the Online Tradwife

By Lauren Carroll Harris | January 10, 2025

How Ericka Huggins and the Black Panther Party Attempted to Liberate Black Women in America

By Mary Frances Phillips | January 10, 2025

He Got Away With Everything: Reading <em>True Grit</em> After the Reelection of Donald Trump

He Got Away With Everything: Reading True Grit After the Reelection of Donald Trump

Piers Gelly Considers Charles Portis’s Masterpiece in the Long Shadow of 2016

By Piers Gelly | January 10, 2025

Why is Pamela Paul writing about scholasticide? Do better, <em>New York Times</em>.

Why is Pamela Paul writing about scholasticide? Do better, New York Times.

By Dan Sheehan | January 9, 2025

Even Elon Musk Can’t Bring Down Black Twitter

Even Elon Musk Can’t Bring Down Black Twitter

Meredith D. Clark on Social Media as a Space of Solidarity and Community in the Face of Fascist Takeover

By Meredith D. Clark | January 9, 2025

Diversity Syndrome: On Publishing’s Relentless Pigeonholing of Black Writers

Diversity Syndrome: On Publishing’s Relentless Pigeonholing of Black Writers

Naomi Day Examines What It’s Like to Be a Black Writer of Speculative Fiction

By Naomi Day | January 9, 2025

What to read next based on your favorite film of the year (redux).

What to read next based on your favorite film of the year (redux).

By Brittany Allen | January 8, 2025

Arrested for Driving While Black: The Effortless Racism of America's Criminal Justice System

Arrested for Driving While Black: The Effortless Racism of America's Criminal Justice System

Irvin Weathersby Jr. on Racist Cops, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and the Traumatic Memory of Spending a Night in Chains

By Irvin Weathersby Jr. | January 8, 2025

Judith Shakespeare, Grinning Literary Ghost: Lauren Groff on the Nuances of <em>A Room of One’s Own</em>

Judith Shakespeare, Grinning Literary Ghost: Lauren Groff on the Nuances of A Room of One’s Own

From a New Introduction to Virginia Woolf's Classic, Oft-Misunderstood Essay

By Lauren Groff | January 7, 2025

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