Adrienne Green
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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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Ulf Andersen / Getty / Katie Martin / ... 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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Netflix How Insightful Is Dear White People?
Four Atlantic staffers discuss the Netflix show’s portrayal of a group of black students at a mostly white elite university.
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Eduardo Munoz / Reuters How Five Princeton Women Have Navigated Their Post-College Years
In her new book, Caroline Kitchener interviews some of her classmates to see how they started their careers and staked out their independence.
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Rebecca Clarke What We Learned From Interviews With 100 American Workers
Two Atlantic staffers discuss Inside Jobs, a months-long reporting project that included conversations with an obituary writer, a janitor, a train conductor, and many others.
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Rebecca Clarke The Meaning Americans Find in Their Jobs
Conversations with 100 people about their work and how it shapes who they are
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Rebecca Clarke The Emotional Labor of Waitressing
Marie Billiel, who has worked in the restaurant industry for 10 years, talks about having to have a ”mask on” for eight hours at a time.
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Rebecca Clarke What It’s Like Folding the Shirts That Get Thrown Back on the Shelf
Shawna Rule, a 21-year-old living in South Dakota, talks about juggling a full-time job, a part-time job, and a college degree.
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Rebecca Clarke The Human at Human Resources
Jeni Strand, an HR executive in Fargo, North Dakota, talks about the challenges of building a workplace that respects employees’ time at home in an age of the smartphone.
