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Gillian Garcia Melina Matsoukas’s Unflinching Eye
The director has collaborated with artists such as Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Issa Rae. Now she is set to premiere her debut feature film—a romance set against a backdrop of police violence.
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Jessica McGowan / Getty Stacey Abrams Is Playing the Long Game
After skyrocketing to political stardom in 2018, the Georgia Democrat is now trying to get her party to care about voter suppression in 2020.
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Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic / Carlos Osorio ... Two Nights, Two Very Different Ways of Talking About Race
The Democratic candidates who debated yesterday wasted no time in confronting President Trump about his racist attacks.
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Amy Harris / AP The Democrats’ New Strategy for Capturing Black America's Attention
When the 2020 candidates publish op-eds in outlets like Essence, their choice of venue is just as important as what they write.
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Charlie Neibergall / John Locher / Paul Sancya ... The Inescapable Challenge of Talking While Female
The gender dynamics at last night's debate were familiar: The women waited for their moments. The men butted in.
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Frances F. Denny / The New York Times ... A Novel That Weighs the Costs of Love and Motherhood
In Patsy, Nicole Dennis-Benn wrestles with the conflicting demands of family and autonomy for an undocumented woman in New York City.
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An Oral History of Trump’s Bigotry
His racism and intolerance have always been in evidence; only slowly did he begin to understand how to use them to his advantage.
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John Legend and Jesse Williams on Art and Activism
“We can't divorce the role of artists from the role of activists and organizers.”
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G L Askew II Jesse Williams and John Legend Talk Race in America
“America is cool because of black people. Our music is black. Our aesthetic is black … We are as American as you can be, and what do we get for it?”
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© Kara Walker, courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & ... How Kara Walker Recasts Racism’s Bitter Legacy
The artist’s works turn the brutality of history inside out.
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David Lee / Netflix Does She's Gotta Have It Live Up to Its Promise?
Four Atlantic writers discuss the Netflix adaptation of Spike Lee’s 1986 film, and the ways the series exceeds and falls short of its potential.
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Christian Schussele / National Portrait Gallery From Frederick Douglass to Edith Wharton: Portraits of Influential Atlantic Contributors
This author-themed tour of our history commemorates these writers and the magazine’s 160th anniversary.
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Anissa Hidouk / Nigel Livingstone / Katie Martin ... What Would Martin Do?
Nic Stone’s novel—about a teen who writes letters to Dr. King—joins Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give amid a growing body of YA books exploring racial injustice and police brutality.
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AP The Museum Grappling With the Future of Black America
The Smithsonian's memorial of African American history and culture turns 1 at a time when its lessons are particularly resonant.
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Stephen Plaster / Shutterstock Jesmyn Ward's Eerie, Powerful Unearthing of History
Sing, Unburied, Sing follows a family—and two ghosts—on a road trip that doubles as a journey through the painful past.
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Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP / Katie ... What Lena Waithe Wants From Hollywood
The Emmy-nominated actress and writer on what’s next after Master of None, creating her own show, and forcing the industry to pay attention to new black talent.
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Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP / Zak ... Ava DuVernay on Queen Sugar and Her Hollywood Journey
The director discusses the show’s midseason finale, the importance of telling black stories, and her secret to navigating the film and TV industry.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters How Black Girls Aren’t Presumed to Be Innocent
A new study finds that adults view them as less child-like and less in need of protection than their white peers.
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Skip Bolen / OWN Queen Sugar Deepens Its Complex Family Portrait
In its second season, the Ava DuVernay-helmed show confidently tackles the messy bonds of siblings and the trickledown effects of racial profiling.
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HarperCollins / Paul Spella / The Atlantic The Boldness of Roxane Gay’s Hunger
In her moving new memoir, the writer explores desire, denial, and life in an “unruly body.”
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