The Death of a Once Great City
Kevin Baker connects the dots between empty penthouses and empty storefronts in New York City, tracing how the rich have transformed what once was a significant cultural entity into “the world’s largest gated community.”
Paisley Park, Prince’s Lonely Palace
For the New Yorker, Amanda Petrusich tours Paisley Park, the home and recording studio of the late Prince.
Arabs on the Beach in Alexandria
A young woman vacating in Alexandria examines Egyptians’ rejection of Arabness and Africanness, and how Bedouins play into the mythologies of otherness in Egypt.
A Theory of Animals
“They are determined to get rid of us, and we can no longer rely on our community’s miraculous evolution alone to protect us. We cannot expend all our energy every day just to survive, just to see another morning, like a desert animal.”
24 Hours At My Local Dunkin’ Donuts
In a bid to get to know the members of her community, Laura Yan spends 24 hours in the Nostrand Avenue branch of Dunkin’ Donuts in New York City.
Natural Causes
Land art in the time of climate change.
Liz Phair Taught Me Everything About Being a Grown-Up
Twenty-five years after releasing her debut album Exile in Guyville, Liz Phair’s early music is still helping define peoples’ lives, dudes included.
Why Did I Teach My Son to Speak Russian?
When bilingualism isn’t obviously valuable, you have to decide what you think of the language.
The Power in Knowing: Black Women, HIV, and the Realities of Safe Sex
In the third installment of Minda Honey’s #Dating_While_Woke series, an invitation to appear in a PSA prompts her to reflect on the responsibilities of safe sex, and her imperfect past.
As Goes the South, so Goes the Nation
Princeton professor Imani Perry considers how Alabama, her home state, has remained stuck in the past as well as how it continues to transform.
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