The new Dylan biopic "A Complete Unknown" examines the singer’s shift away from the political folk scene and into rock-and-roll stardom. It underlines the difficult tension between using art for political force and individual expression.
The billionaires are marching through the institutions. We must build alternative sources of power that can resist them.
Philosopher and sociologist Musa al-Gharbi explains who gets accused of being 'woke,' what their social justice beliefs actually are, and how they practice them.
Afrofuturism, the centuries-long intellectual and creative tradition of imagining Black futures through speculative narratives, could not be more relevant right now as we face racial, social, and economic inequities alongside a worsening climate crisis.
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