What Is Behind Our Return To Movie Theaters?

What Is Behind Our Return To Movie Theaters?

  Cinephiles like me are giddy that more people are returning to movie theatres. Yes, we’d be even happier if more people remembered they were in public and didn’t show up in their pajamas and toting loads of blankets as they try to recreate their living rooms,...
On Birthdays and Cherry Blossoms

On Birthdays and Cherry Blossoms

The photo you see is of me, a good while back, holding my newborn nephew, Nate, in his parents’ apartment in New York City. I was there to lead a vigil at the Isaiah Wall, across from the United Nations, in support of nuclear disarmament debates happening across the...
The Story of America is a Failed Group Project

The Story of America is a Failed Group Project

America was never a group project. In fact, in practice, the country acted independently of those indigenous to Turtle Island and created laws to ensure that Africans and African Americans could not contribute. This democratic project remains restricted to a...