NO. 11

Summer 2026

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Summer 2026
Billie Carter Rankin for Hammer & Hope
250 Years of White Supremacy

250 Years of White Supremacy

Hammer & Hope

And as many years of resistance.

“Do You Understand Your Own Language?”

“Do You Understand Your Own Language?”

Robin D. G. Kelley

Black radicals read the Declaration of Independence.

These Black Georgians Refuse to Be Silenced

Lisa Armstrong

A campaign to stop a railroad company’s land grab and protect Black ancestral sites shows just what the Voting Rights Act has been protecting all along.

These Black Georgians Refuse to Be Silenced
Israel’s New Lynching Law Was Inspired by America’s Death Penalty

Israel’s New Lynching Law Was Inspired by America’s Death Penalty

Khury Petersen-Smith

The far-right rulers of Israel and the U.S. are pursuing a common project, in which an oppressive policy of one becomes a model for the other.

Inside the Nationwide Resistance to the ICE Invasions

Hadas Thier

The mass popular opposition to ICE “surges” led to a sea change in public opinion. Now organizers are asking: What’s next?

Inside the Nationwide Resistance to the ICE Invasions
This Afro-Brazilian Photographer Preserves the History of Black Resistance in Bahia

This Afro-Brazilian Photographer Preserves the History of Black Resistance in Bahia

Lázaro Roberto

& Hammer & Hope

Lázaro Roberto and the Zumví Archive weave memory and identity.

“Cats: The Jellicle Ball” Brings Queer Joy to Broadway

“Cats: The Jellicle Ball” Brings Queer Joy to Broadway

Zhailon Levingston

& Clover Hope

The musical’s co-director has transformed Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic into a campy and affirming spectacle.

Greg Tate Changed the Game

Timmhotep Aku,

Ivie Ani,

Lawrence Burney,

dream hampton,

Clover Hope,

Shamira Ibrahim,

Joan Morgan,

Shelley Nicole,

Alphonse Pierre,

& Hammer & Hope

Nine artists and writers, including Joan Morgan and dream hampton, reflect on how the legendary critic and musician inspired them.

Greg Tate Changed the Game
Alice Coltrane Is Having a Moment

Alice Coltrane Is Having a Moment

Ambre Dromgoole

The musician’s artistic and spiritual practices are fertile ground for imagining what Black liberation can look like today.

What Happened to June Jordan’s Land Reform Novel?

What Happened to June Jordan’s Land Reform Novel?

Roshan Abraham

For decades, the acclaimed poet worked on a manuscript that she believed could be a guide for a radical future of Black land stewardship. But it was never published.

How the Working-Class Man’s Game Became an Elite Sport in the U.S.

How the Working-Class Man’s Game Became an Elite Sport in the U.S.

Sean Jacobs

American soccer has made one of the world’s most democratic and diverse sports accessible only to a narrow slice of society.

Celebrating the Knicks in Brooklyn

Celebrating the Knicks in Brooklyn

Lumumba Bandele

A native New Yorker on what the team’s win means in a gentrified city.

How Is Zohran Mamdani Doing?

How Is Zohran Mamdani Doing?

Fahd Ahmed,

Jasmine Gripper,

Mariame Kaba,

Chenjerai Kumanyika,

Juanita O. Lewis,

Maya Meredith,

Astra Taylor,

Josie Wells,

& Julie Xu

Nine New Yorkers discuss the first six months of the Mamdani administration.

Boots Riley Wants You to Organize

Boots Riley Wants You to Organize

Sarah Hagi

The filmmaker’s second feature, “I Love Boosters,” is a surrealist, anti-capitalist roller coaster.