Culture
Stacey Abrams prods our constitutional imagination. By E.J. Dionne Jr / Wash Post
Anatomy of a shutout: Why the Emmys snub Beyoncé despite her continuing to innovate on TV. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Young Asian American Buddhists are reclaiming narrative after decades of white dominance. By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil / NBC News
A documentary look at comedian Dick Gregory’s activism, on and off the stage. By Michael O’Sullivan / Wash Post
Oscar Micheaux Finally Premieres at Cannes, 70 Years After His Death. By Eric Kohn / IndieWire
Whitney Houston, American girl. By Constance Grady / Vox
Broadway’s Fall Season Filled With New Works By Black Playwrights. By Josie Fischels / NPR
Gamble & Huff mark 50 years of Philly Soul and socially conscious music. By Christopher A. Daniel / NBC News
Jam & Lewis Shaped Pop History. They’re Working on Its Future, Too. By Wesley Morris / NYT
“Zola” is a cautionary tale about Black women befriending white women. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
While Americans celebrated ‘Independence Day,’ Black musicians fled the U.S.—to find freedom abroad. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Little Walter’s Song That Changed Everything for the Blues. By Bobby Rush / The Daily Beast
The newest comic book superhero: An enslaved man turned immortal. By Theresa Vargas / Wash Post
‘In The Heights’: Can one film bring joy — and spark a Latino conversation on race? By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
Office Culture Is So Unwelcoming To Black Employees, They Don’t Want To Go Back. By Monica Torres / HuffPost
Mom’s fight against hair bias could spark statewide changes in Illinois. By Aryana Azari / GMA
The Man Rewriting Prison from Inside. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
In Amazon’s ‘Mary J. Blige’s My Life,’ she shows how much power came from her vulnerability. By Aramide A. Tinubu / NBC News
On original Black music, successful white cover songs, and a culture of covetousness and cruelty. By Denise Oliver Velez / The Daily Kos
The Harlem Cultural Festival footage is getting wider recognition in the new ‘Summer of Soul’ documentary. By Farrell Evans / The Undefeated
In the Heights exemplified the ugly colorism I’ve experienced in Latinx communities. By Jasmine Haywood / Vox
New movies to stream this week: ‘Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer,’ ‘Luca’ and more. By Michael O’Sullivan / Wash Post
Soul food, summer sun, and family reunion tunes for Father’s Day. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Lin-Manuel Miranda apologizes for lack of Afro-Latino representation in ‘In the Heights.’ By Doha Madani / NBC News
Hollywood’s treatment of Latinos is an open wound. Healing it requires a reckoning. By Daniel Hernandez / LA Times and Yahoo Sports
Bobby Rush Lived the Blues. Six Decades On, He’s Still Playing Them. By Brett Anderson / NYT
