In this issue

We Mourn for All We Do Not Know - The Federal Writers’ Project slave narratives provide a rare window into Black American heritage. By Clint Smith

A Forgotten Founder - Prince Hall’s life deserves to be reinserted into the tale of America’s creation. By Danielle Allen

When America Became a Democracy - The Voting Rights Act of 1965 finally delivered on the stated ideals of this country. Now it hangs by a thread. By Vann R. Newkirk II

Caroline Shaw is Making Classical Cool

Her innovative work won her a Pulitzer Prize at age 30. She’s collaborated with Kanye and Nas. What does her success mean for the long-suffering genre?

9 mins

Bring Back The Nervous Breakdown

It used to be okay to admit that the world had simply become too much.

9 mins

We Mourn For All We Do Not Know

The Federal Writers’ Project slave narratives provide a window into our heritage—to stories of suffering but also of love, joy, wonder, and survival. They’re an all-too-rare link to ordinary black lives gone by.

10+ mins

A Forgotten Founder

Prince Hall was a free african american in Boston at a time of revolutionary fervor— and a transformative figure whose story deserves to be reinserted into the tale of America's creation.

10+ mins

When America Became a Democracy

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 finally delivered on the stated ideals of this country. Now it hangs by a thread.

10+ mins

Ultra-fast Fashion Is Eating the World

Even a pandemic can't stop people from buying clothes they don't need.

10+ mins

Noisy, Ugly, and Addictive

Hyper pop could become the countercultural sound of the 2020s.

8 mins

The United States of Amazon

How the giant company has transformed the geography of wealth and power

10 mins

Extremely Online and Wildly Out of Control

Patricia Lockwood’s debut novel explores the mind, and heart, of an internet-addled protagonist.

10+ mins

Tom Stoppard's Double Life

For Britain’s leading postwar playwright, virtuosity and uncertainty go hand in hand.

10+ mins

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