“Malcolm X and MLK evolved over time and came to converge in surprising ways. Malcolm’s movement for radical black dignity became a global human rights touchstone in a manner that made King’s struggle for radical black citizenship both necessary and more expansive.”
Interview
Book Interview: Zena Hitz on the Pleasures and Values of the Intellectual Life
“We’re at the end, or toward the end, of an extended collapse of the institutions that made it possible for many of us to make a living through intellectual or creative activity. We’ll have to find another way.”
Book Interview: Heather Cox Richardson on “How the South Won the Civil War”
“Politics is driven by language, and America’s peculiar history has given oligarchs the language to undercut democracy.”
Music Feature: Gideon King & City Blog — Forward Motion in a Backwards Time
“As artists, it’s our obligation to keep going. I really believe we have to push for the world to open up again.”
Music Interview: Mike Mattison Supplies a Powerful “Afterglow”
The new album demonstrates just how versatile a singer/songwriter Mike Mattison really is.
Film Interview: Talking to Autumn de Wilde and Anya Taylor-Joy about “Emma.”
A comical version of Jane Austen is coming our way via Autumn de Wilde’s Emma.
Author Interview: Gish Jen on “The Resisters”
Gish Jen’s new novel asks, Is ambition worthwhile in a world without justice?
Film Review + Interview: “The Assistant” — Silent Witness
While The Assistant’s scenario alludes to Harvey Weinstein, the problem is systemic in the entertainment business and probably many other workplaces.
Author Interview: Jared Ross Hardesty on “Slavery in New England” — More Pervasive Than You Thought
“The idea that slavery was not economically important to New England as a whole is just emphatically not true.”
Concert Preview: Judy Collins Heats Up Some “Winter Stories”
“People love a story, they always have, and always will, and stories are an essential ingredient in this folk music revival, which started sometime in the early ’50s.”