Kokomo City, a captivating new documentary by filmmaker D. Smith, delves into the lives of Black trans sex workers with a fresh and artistic perspective. The film opens with a gripping story from one of its main subjects, Liyah, who recounts a dangerous encounter with a client that takes a dramatic twist when she comes …
It’s not surprising that Kennedy expressed an anti-Jewish conspiracy, but it’s astonishing how long it took. Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Jamie McCarthy / Getty. July 16, 2023, 1:36 PM ET During a recent dinner event in Manhattan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Democratic primary candidate, candidly shared his views on the coronavirus. He stated, …
Updated at 8:49 a.m. ET on July 12, 2023. In July 1918, shortly after American troops achieved their first significant victory in World War I in northern France, W. E. B. Du Bois, the founder of The Crisis, a magazine affiliated with the NAACP, published a thought-provoking editorial. Du Bois, hopeful that African Americans’ involvement …
In his concurrence with the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down affirmative action, Justice Clarence Thomas presents an absurd and perplexing argument. He suggests that the term “freedmen” used in the 1866 Freedmen’s Bureau Act was a “formally race-neutral category” and an “underinclusive proxy for race.” Thomas uses this argument to claim that the Fourteenth …
When I received notifications from my Google Alerts last week, I immediately knew that the topic of birthright citizenship was once again making headlines. As a historian who delved into this subject in my book, Birthright Citizens, I have a professional and enduring interest in the debates surrounding it. The book traces the development of …
Héctor Tobar, a professor of journalism and Chicano and Latino studies at UC Irvine, explores the complex concept of latinidad in his new book, “Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of ‘Latino’.” He emphasizes that being Latino encompasses a diverse range of experiences, while acknowledging the shared histories of …