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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.
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Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty / Arsh Raziuddin / ... How Kelly Rowland Fell in Love With Color
The singer turned style icon talks natural beauty, bold fashion, and learning to embrace her hue in a world that doesn’t affirm brown-skinned girls.
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Heather Sten Samin Nosrat Wants Everybody to Cook
The Bay Area chef believes that great food can be both beautiful and accessible. Her new Netflix series, based on her celebrated cookbook Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, might just help her deliver that message.
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Evan Vucci / AP Kanye West’s White House Visit Was a Paean to Male Bonding
During his lunchtime visit, the rapper zeroed in on a primary motivation for his long-running support of the president.
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Dia Dipasupil / Getty Barry Jenkins Brings James Baldwin Home to Harlem
The U.S. premiere of the film adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk, held at the historic Apollo Theater, captured all the generous, urgent love the writer’s work conveyed.
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Netflix Big Mouth Grows Up (Kinda)
In Season 2, the teen-centric series tackles adult concerns—notably the importance of nuanced sex education—with both didacticism and humor.
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Nick Walker The Powerful, Pained Raps of Sacramento’s Mozzy
The prolific California street rapper talks about his new album Gangland Landlord, being a part of Black Panther, and the losses that inspire his poignant music.
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Joe Raedle / Getty Why Chef José Andrés Set Up a Kitchen in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria
The chef’s massive effort to cook food for the island’s residents and relief workers was driven by an urgent sense of empathy.
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Justin Lubin / NBC The Good Place Offers a Heavenly Reprieve
Season 3 keeps the show’s core tenets but quite literally grounds its characters on Earth. Their experiences are all the more immediate and refreshing as a result.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters Bill Cosby Is Not a Political Prisoner
Efforts to portray the comedian—who was sentenced on Tuesday to a minimum of three years in prison for sexual assault—as the victim of a racist system deploy a peculiar logic.
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David Maialetti / Reuters Andrea Constand and the Burden of Being the Only Witness
Her sexual-assault case against Bill Cosby was the only one—of more than 60 women’s accounts—to make it to criminal trial. It became much bigger than her own story.
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Netflix BoJack Horseman Charts Complicated Paths to Forgiveness
In its fifth season, Netflix’s darkly comic animated series follows its protagonist on unexpected journeys to absolution after past misbehavior comes to light. This time, the women in his life have their say.
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Scott Olson / Getty The Simple Request of the McDonald’s Anti–Sexual Harassment Protests
The strike, like most #MeToo-era advocacy, reveals that those who’ve dealt with workplace misbehavior don’t desire vengeance so much as an acknowledgment of the harm that’s been wrought.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters Does Anybody at the Emmys Know What the Word Diversity Means?
In simply joking and pontificating about an absent diversity, the awards show missed yet another opportunity to begin reflecting.
