Black Jesus Will Save Your Soul
An exploration of the late Rev. James Cone’s radical theology.
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A World Worth Fighting For: Marx Reconsidered
Scholar and activist Mike Davis is best known for City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles, a…
If Roseanne Barr was Puerto Rico
If Roseanne Barr died 4,645 times, death upon death; if she were lost like screams in a hurricane; like…
Hearing Jimi Hendrix sing “I’m a man,” feels somehow inauthentic. Sure, we know he was a man like any one…
The Merry Month of May: A Firsthand History of ’68 France
Where are the riots of yesteryear? This month marks the 50th anniversary of the wave of radical revolts and…
When Father Finds You on Grindr
A look at Uzodinma Iweala’s new novel about a gay teen’s coming-out nightmare.
Alsarah: The Sounds We Smuggle Inside Us
The lead singer of Alsarah & The Nubatones discusses her roots, music and her favorite childhood mixtape.
New Eugene Debs Film Does the Socialist Proud
A charismatic and militant labor leader, five-time Socialist Party presidential candidate, class-war prisoner jailed by the ostensibly liberal Woodrow…
Fear and Loathing at the Tribeca Film Festival
I’m sitting in a press screening for The Miseducation of Cameron Post at the Tribeca Film Festival and I…