Books In Review: Lawrence Jackson’s memoir tells a story of location shaped by race Baltimore—from Frederick Douglass to Freddie Gray—informs his whole journey. by Kristi King May 4, 2022
Books In Review: The Kindest Lie is a story about race and much more In Nancy Johnson’s debut novel, a family secret draws a successful Black woman home to small-town Indiana. by Katara Patton April 22, 2021
Books In Review: Are we trapped by the way others see us? Brit Bennett’s novel explores racial passing, gender transition, and family trauma. by Katara Patton September 21, 2020
Books In Review: What’s behind dehumanization? A book about the psychology and politics of doing terrible things to one another by David Gushee July 15, 2020
Screen Time Sorry for Your Loss’s quiet exploration of race A white woman, her black husband, and the struggle to be known by Kathryn Reklis February 13, 2020
Books In Review: The intersection between blackness and whiteness Emily Bernard’s essays insist that no conversation is about race alone. by Allie Lundblad September 18, 2019
Books In Review: What racism is—and how to organize against it People already engaged in conversations about racial justice may find Ibram Kendi's analysis surprising. by Celeste Kennel-Shank August 28, 2019
Books In Review: Toni Morrison writes about race, religion, and her own fiction Our language isn’t neutral. It has history embedded within it. by Amy Frykholm July 17, 2019
Screen Time How The Hate U Give accomplishes what The Oath doesn’t To bridge our country’s divides, we need deep emotion rooted in moral complexity—not jokey white-bro solidarity. by Kathryn Reklis November 19, 2018
Screen Time BlacKkKlansman, Sorry to Bother You, and the “white voice” If whiteness is a fiction, it's one that does a lot of damage. by Kathryn Reklis September 25, 2018
Books In Review: What we talk about when we talk about sex The intersection of race and sexuality is the ur-story of American culture. by Amy Frykholm August 22, 2018
Books In Review: In the Fearless Dialogues movement, people try to truly see each other Gregory Ellison II's book evokes the sort of honest conversations he has been convening. by Jessica Marcus July 16, 2018
Books In Review: The complex story of race and religion in the American South Paul Harvey's history shows how things could have gone very differently. by Anne Blue Wills February 14, 2018
Books In Review: The vocation of being a stranger As a mother and a woman of color, I read Camille Dungy's book as a personal roadmap. by Josina Guess January 19, 2018
Books In Review: The sparkle of James McBride's stories Five-Carat Soul is filled with hilarious storytelling, unusual characters, and stark realities. by Debra Bendis January 3, 2018