NO. 10
Spring 2026
White Supremacy in Donald Trump’s White House
The administration’s crude vilification of anti-discrimination policies is meant to erase the radical promise of the Black freedom struggle.
What Happened to the Black Women Trump Purged From the Federal Work Force?
Over a year later, they struggle to find financial footing and make sense of the racist backlash that displaced them.
How D’Angelo Conjured the Past to Sound Like the Future
The filmmaker and writer dream hampton and the jazz musician Jason Moran discuss the late R&B artist.
Why Was Minnesota’s Resistance to ICE the Strongest Yet?
We asked five organizers to take us inside the Twin Cities’ response.
How Raoul Peck Became a Cinematic Griot
The Haitian filmmaker has spent 40 years using the archives to combat historical erasure and to highlight the people’s version of the past.
Donald Trump’s “Whenever Wars”
The administration is drawing from an earlier, cruder era of U.S. imperialism to assert Washington’s unrestrained, unaccountable power.
The Making of Laila! Fast-Rising R&B Star and “Baby Genius”
With a fresh, organic sound and an infectious vibe, singer/producer/everywoman Laila! is bringing to bear what happens when Gen Z ingenuity embodies Gen X fly, an auntie reports.
Two Afro-Brazilians Remember the Brave Resistance to a Dictatorship
Brazil’s military regime of the 1960s and ’70s used repression and savage violence against anyone who opposed it, but a left-wing resistance spread even as the generals cracked down.
In “Palaver,” Bryan Washington Embraces Difficult and Messy Conversations
His new novel is a poignant meditation on loneliness, community, and the challenging relationship between a mother and son.
The Trump Administration’s Threat to Temporary Protected Status for Haitians Is Only the Latest Attack in a Long Fight
Through sustained organizing and advocacy, Haitians have been helping one another and building communities in the U.S. for decades.
The Future of Museums in West Africa
Demonstrations in Benin City delayed the fall 2025 opening of the Museum of West African Art, renewing debates about the fate of repatriated treasures and cultural institutions on the continent.
How One Ohio Town Is Resisting the Threat of an ICE Raid
Springfield is a divided American everytown — with a Haitian community vilified by the Trump administration. Will we protect our neighbors?
How Turning Point USA Manufactured an Antifa Boogeyman
The far-right smear campaign against a Rutgers University professor is a further step in the wider MAGA assault on U.S. higher education.
What Happened to the Blackbuster?
From “Boomerang” to “Love & Basketball,” the golden age of Black upward-mobility cinema projected fantasies of racial representation. Then they disappeared.
The Martin Luther King Jr. We Don’t Know
His work with gang members in Chicago shows how much he valued the part played by young people in the Black freedom struggle.
The Black Feminist Collective That Gave Us Identity Politics
The Combahee River Collective’s 1977 statement reshaped the politics of the Black left and beyond.
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