Hannah Giorgis
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Laura Buckman / Reuters The Faulty Logic in Trump’s Travel Ban
The president’s stated purpose was to keep terrorists out, but his plan has all kinds of problems.
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Scott Olson / Getty Reckoning With R. Kelly
A new documentary puts years of abuse allegations into sharp focus.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty / Katie Martin / ... Kamala Harris’s Political Memoir Is an Uneasy Fit for the Digital Era
The senator’s new book shows the difficulty of translating short-form virality into a substantive text.
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Getty Images Sandra Oh Wins a Golden Globe—And the Night
The ceremony’s co-host, who also picked up a trophy, embodied the best of the evening: warmth, sincerity, and a willingness to recognize the many contributions made by creators of color.
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Marc J. Terrill / AP Surviving R. Kelly Is an Uncomfortable, Visual Testimony
A new Lifetime docuseries about the artist’s alleged abuses pointedly homes in on a network of enablers in his immediate circles and his fan base.
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David Livingston / Getty The Missed Opportunity of Love Is
The OWN drama billed itself as a celebration of a complicated but relatable real-life romance. Abuse allegations against one of its creators made the show’s premise a queasier proposition.
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Tatum Mangus / Annapurna Pictures If Beale Street Could Talk and the Urgency of Black Love
Barry Jenkins’s adaptation of the 1974 James Baldwin novel homes in on the familial tenderness that buoys the youthful protagonists amid devastatingly common injustices.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic The 27 Best Music Moments of 2018
The cultural effects of Nicki Minaj’s “Chun-Li,” Ariana Grande’s “No Tears Left to Cry,” Mitski’s “Nobody,” and more
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Annapurna Pictures How If Beale Street Could Talk Translates Joy and Terror Into Sound
The composer Nicholas Britell discusses the organic process of collaborating with the director Barry Jenkins on the film’s lush and evocative score.
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Deborah Lopez / Katie Martin / The Atlantic The Actor Who Takes His Characters Home
Brian Tyree Henry has played indelible roles—in Atlanta, Widows, and now If Beale Street Could Talk—that have stuck with him far past filming: ‘I don’t ever want them to be forgotten.’
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Ray Rochlin / Getty Jameela Jamil and the Trouble With #NoFilter Feminism
The outspoken British actor recently wrote that airbrushing should be illegal. But there are far more compelling ways to consider the tyranny of gendered beauty standards.
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Prince Williams / Getty The Miami Rap Duo Celebrating Female Pleasure Without Apology
City Girls, out with a new record, have rapidly risen to success with cheeky, libidinous tracks that gleefully resist the industry’s ubiquitous misogyny.
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Joe Raedle / Getty / Katie Martin / ... The Uncommon, Requisite Resolve of Michelle Obama
The former first lady’s new memoir is notable for the revealing glimpses it offers into private moments of fear and frustration.
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Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Smino’s Funky Raps Soothe the Soul
On his masterly sophomore album, NØIR, the St. Louis–born rapper incorporates gospel, R&B, and jazz influences with an inventive flourish.
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Dawit L. Petros / Courtesy of Cassava Republic ... A Brilliant Travelogue That Presents Africa Through a New Lens
A recent book by Emmanuel Iduma expands what writing about the continent can be by paying extraordinary attention to the ebbs and flows of human connection.
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Christopher Aluka Berry / Reuters Oprah, Cousin Pookie, and the Long Tradition of Shaming Black Voters
Public figures have often urged black citizens to the polls by invoking ancestral trauma, but these exhortations seem to overlook the persistence of voter suppression.
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Michael Tullberg / Getty Vince Staples’s Sunny, Somber Love Letter to the West Coast
The rapper’s third studio album features a host of California stars, bouncy production, and lyrics that flow effortlessly from celebration to mourning.
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Visionhaus Corbis / Getty Nao’s Atmospheric R&B Shines on Saturn
The British singer of so-called wonky funk presents a sophomore record that deftly fuses her decade-spanning influences with honeyed vocals.
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Kevork Djansezian / Reuters Louis C.K.’s Phantom Alliance With His Black Fans
The comic, returning to the Comedy Cellar this week, described a particular wave of support he’s received since admitting to sexual misbehavior last year.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic How to Write Consent in Romance Novels
The genre has historically offered up plotlines that range from uncomfortable moments of pursuit to nos that imply yes. One author discusses her decision to go about it differently.
