Beware the One-Party State
As this election week comes to an end, we take a closer look at the erosion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 alongside the third lesson from Timothy Snyder's 'On Tyranny.'
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King Sorrow and His Paper Crown
Stay true. Used bookstores and their obscure sorrows. Ghost friend. Sad songs to make you cry. Voicemails from my mom.
Sam Doyle and the Art of Record
Celebrated by art-world luminaries like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Gullah artist Sam Doyle documented his community with love and empathy.
Suspended in Time
In photographer McNair Evans' 'drawn inward' series, travel is a meditative state between here and there.
The Artist Illustrating Philadelphia’s Vanishing Architecture
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When the Guns Come Out
A meditation in six parts.
Spaces Between
What does a place say about its people?
How Friendship Helped Author Hua Hsu Find Himself
In 'Stay True,' Hua Hsu's brilliant memoir about friendship and grief, "Recognizing oneself in the eyes of another" helped the author forge his own identity.
Los Angeles: Meditations in an Emergency
Earlier this month, Los Angeles became ground zero in the Trump administration's extreme campaign to deport undocumented immigrants. A meditation in four parts.
The Magical Realism of Gregory Halpern's Buffalo
In his latest monograph, photographer and Buffalo native Gregory Halpern counters the familiar narratives of Rust Belt decline with images that marry the real and the sublime in a single frame.