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Illustration by Paul Spella. Sources: Getty; L. Cohen … The Year Virginia Rewrote the Rules of Popular Culture
Missy Elliott. Timbaland. Allen Iverson. What was it about the Tidewater region in 2002?
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<i>Strike</i> (2018) by Hank Willis Thomas. Courtesy of … Incremental Change Is a Moral Failure
Mere reform won’t fix policing.
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Fred W. McDarrah / Getty / Thanh Do … Is King All That We Are Allowed to Become?
Americans both black and white often use the civil-rights leader’s memory more to chide black youth than to inspire them.
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Rap's Long History of 'Conscious' Condescension to Women
Lupe Fiasco's "Bad Bitch" is only the latest example of a male hip-hop star trying to empower women but actually demeaning them.
