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Who Exactly Was the Original Jezebel?

Who Exactly Was the Original Jezebel?

How Women's Power Was First Linked to Sexuality and Deception

By Wednesday Martin | September 20, 2018

The Straight Line From Slavery to<br> Private Prisons

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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

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Walter Mosley: Enough with the Victors Writing History

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On the Kidnapped African Boy Who Became a German Philosopher

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The Poet Who Survived Stalin's Poems

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