“How much power does Trump have?”
A few friends have asked: “How much power does Trump have now?” It’s a good question, bearing fruit even through an informal, pundit-like disc...
Category: politics
James Baldwin, “A Letter to My Nephew”
James Baldwin’s “A Letter to My Nephew” is a masterclass in authorship. You’re saying duh and getting ready to roast me. Tell us about t...
Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
for Gordon Schochet A certain kind of person likes to label things “great” or “important” and not bother to explain why. I worry I am be...
Kehinde Wiley, “President Barack Obama”
Other ages will not understand our cruel cynicism, exercised in the name of power. They won’t equate the painting below and Shepard Fairey’s “...
On Whiteness
There is at least one person I know who teaches who believes racism doesn’t exist and white supremacy isn’t an issue. I cannot pretend that I can co...