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United We Rise

United We Rise United We Rise

A diverse country lifts everyone.

Aug 24, 2022 / OppArt / Anonymous and Walker Maffit

Howard Zinn speaking

Howard Zinn at 100: Remembering “The People’s Historian” Howard Zinn at 100: Remembering “The People’s Historian”

Zinn made no pretense of neutrality. He believed that “in a world of conflict,” it was the historian’s job to advocate for the oppressed.

Aug 24, 2022 / Robert Cohen and Sonia Murrow

Nation Poetry

dear little b, dear little b,

I love to see you sat there pregnant with promise & nobody’s business: be bodacious if you feel like it. be camouflaged, if not. some might say you should be louder, bolder, ta…

Aug 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Victoria Adukwei Bulley

Salman Rushdie speaks on stage at a 2019 discussion of

Salman Rushdie Joins Indian Writers on 75 Years of Independence Salman Rushdie Joins Indian Writers on 75 Years of Independence

Shortly before he was attacked, Rushdie joined with dozens of Indian literary artists to lament the rise of Hindu nationalism and the fragile state of the country's democracy.

Aug 18, 2022 / Pranay Somayajula

Nation Poetry

How to Fornicate How to Fornicate

I.After killing your god, hotbox the gun smoke. Cough out any vestigial prayer. Remember that spooky shit Ole Boy hissed mid-smite, bullet-plowed, curling away. It’s true. You bel…

Aug 18, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kemi Alabi

Celebrating Harlem’s Renaissance

Celebrating Harlem’s Renaissance Celebrating Harlem’s Renaissance

125th Street Subway Station Mosaic

Aug 17, 2022 / OppArt / Faith Ringgold

Julius Eastman’s Great Expectations

Julius Eastman’s Great Expectations Julius Eastman’s Great Expectations

The neglected music of a revolutionary 20th-century composer continues to shock and awe.

Aug 12, 2022 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu

Nation Poetry

less hope less hope

apologies. i was part of the joy industrial complex, told them their bodies were miracles & they ate it, sold someday, made money off soon & now. i snuck an ode into the el…

Aug 9, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Danez Smith

Nation Poetry

Closure Closure

Is it the eight titanium pins around my knees or the fact that for three months the incisions were left open? I grew to know that plush of inside— the velvets, the iodine to preven…

Aug 9, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Sheila Black

Trump Might Face Prison, but Bolton and Kissinger? Never!

Trump Might Face Prison, but Bolton and Kissinger? Never! Trump Might Face Prison, but Bolton and Kissinger? Never!

John Bolton recently joked about helping to plan coups while in office. For those on the receiving end, like the thousands who died thanks to Henry Kissinger’s machinations, Americ...

Jul 29, 2022 / Ben Burgis

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