“Getting television from an idea in someone’s head to the screen in your living room (or on your laptop) is difficult, fast-paced, and complicated work.” Caroline Framke shadows the crew of FX’s The Americans during the production of season four and offers a closer look at how a TV show is made.
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Changing My Mind About Pig’s Feet and Cornrows
Dara Lurie reflects on what she discovered about her own racism while living at a state-run home for disadvantaged children.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Changing My Mind About Pig’s Feet and Cornrows
Dara Lurie reflects on what she discovered about her own racism while living at a state-run home for disadvantaged children.
Posted inNonfiction
It’s Like This and Like That and Like What?
When the nineties’ heart of whiteness met g-funk, it was the illest — and wackest — of times.
Posted inBusiness, Business & Tech, Current Events, Feature, Story, Uncategorized
Clocking Out
Can we imagine an economy built for free time?
Posted inEditor's Pick
Unpacking Forty Years of Fandom For a Losing Team
Kevin Sampsell examines his love of football — and a team that’s never won a Super Bowl.
Posted inBlog Post, Commentary, Essays & Criticism
Surviving Depression
What can you do for a loved one with depression? Sometimes presence can make all the difference in the world.
Posted inBooks, Culture, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
“Our cultures are not dead and our civilizations have not been destroyed. Our present tense is evolving as rapidly and creatively as everyone else’s.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Blog Post, Commentary, Culture, Current Events, Science & Nature, Unapologetic Women
Why Beyoncé Placed HBCU’s at the Center of American Life
The singer’s latest performance helps expand the possibilities of what it looks like to be a black thinking person.
