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The Smell of Sun Cream: Glimpses of the Outside World from Communist Albania

The Smell of Sun Cream: Glimpses of the Outside World from Communist Albania

Lea Ypi on Growing Up Within an Isolated Country

By Lea Ypi | January 20, 2022

The young white supremacist sentenced to read the classics has now been sentenced to actual jail.

The young white supremacist sentenced to read the classics has now been sentenced to actual jail.

By Walker Caplan | January 19, 2022

Nikole Hannah-Jones Lets Martin Luther King Jr. do the talking on Critical Race Theory.

Nikole Hannah-Jones Lets Martin Luther King Jr. do the talking on Critical Race Theory.

By Jonny Diamond | January 18, 2022

Jeffrey C. Stewart on the Genesis of Alain Locke’s Transformative “New Negro Aesthetic”

Jeffrey C. Stewart on the Genesis of Alain Locke’s Transformative “New Negro Aesthetic”

"In putting race and aesthetics in conversation with one another, Locke forever changed our understanding of both.”

By Jeffrey C. Stewart | January 18, 2022

Lewis R. Gordon on the Development of Black Consciousness

Lewis R. Gordon on the Development of Black Consciousness

Living "Beyond Negative Projections" of White Supremacy

By Lewis R. Gordon | January 13, 2022

On the Hidden Fight Inside the Federal Reserve That Reshaped American Economic Life

On the Hidden Fight Inside the Federal Reserve That Reshaped American Economic Life

Christopher Leonard on the 2010 Policy That Widened the Gulf Between Rich and Poor

By Christopher Leonard | January 12, 2022

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Maya Angelou is the first Black woman to appear on the U.S. quarter.

By Walker Caplan | January 11, 2022

Stephen Marche on the Potential Collapse of a Fiercely Divided America

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That young white supremacist who was sentenced to read books? He prefers Shakespeare.

By Jonny Diamond | January 6, 2022

Amelia Pang on the Chinese Slave Labor Camps Supplying the West

Amelia Pang on the Chinese Slave Labor Camps Supplying the West

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 6, 2022

Into <em>The Matrix</em>: How Trinity’s Rise Responds to the Witch Hunts of the Early Aughts

Into The Matrix: How Trinity’s Rise Responds to the Witch Hunts of the Early Aughts

Laura Bogart on the Catharsis and Earnestness of the Wachowskis’ Latest Reboot

By Laura Bogart | January 5, 2022

Barbara F. Walter on the Increasing Likelihood of a Second Civil War in the US

Barbara F. Walter on the Increasing Likelihood of a Second Civil War in the US

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Politics and Prose is now the first unionized bookstore in Washington, D.C.

Politics and Prose is now the first unionized bookstore in Washington, D.C.

By Walker Caplan | January 4, 2022

Crossing the Distance Between Fact and Truth in a Story About Love and Exile

Crossing the Distance Between Fact and Truth in a Story About Love and Exile

Yara Zgheib on Writing a Truthful Fiction About—and Amid—a Travel Ban

By Yara Zgheib | January 4, 2022

The Usefulness of Anger in Justice Work

The Usefulness of Anger in Justice Work

Hawa Allan on Transforming “Vulnerability into Power”

By Hawa Allan | January 4, 2022

Complicity, Corruption, and Accountability: Asali Solomon on <em>The Days of Afrekete</em> and the January 6 Investigation

Complicity, Corruption, and Accountability: Asali Solomon on The Days of Afrekete and the January 6 Investigation

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