How Blacksploitation Led to “Woke” Horror

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A Year Later, We’re Still Reluctant to Say What Really Caused the Insurrection

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The Simple Reason So Many Tenants Get Screwed Before They Even Move In

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The Rebirth of an Abolitionist Newspaper

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How Rodney King and the City of Los Angeles Tried to Reckon With the Damage They Had Suffered

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Denzel Washington’s Personal Obsession Takes Over His Latest Movie

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Charting the Days of Chaos in L.A.

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Lessons From the Veiled Prophet’s Lifelong Enemy

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The NFL Had a Ban on Black Players. Why Don’t We Remember the Man Who Broke It?

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Why Missing White Kids Are Kidnapped but Missing Black Kids Are Runaways

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After the Rodney King Verdict, Los Angeles Erupted

Slow Burn

Dec 15, 2021 6:00 AM

Conservatives Say Liberals Want West Side Story to Be “Woke Side Story.” The Real History of Its Politics Is Much Stranger.

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We Didn’t Need a Racially Diverse Sex and the City

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The Trial That Sparked a Riot

Slow Burn

Dec 08, 2021 5:00 AM

Spielberg’s West Side Story Proves the Controversial Musical Shouldn’t Be Retired

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Alice Sebold’s Memoir About Her Rape Is Even More Brutal to Read Now

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Is the SAT the Wrong Villain in College Admissions?

Mary Harris

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A Black Chef’s Secret to Stress Baking for Fun, Fame and Happiness

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Injured, Traumatized, and World-Famous: How Rodney King Navigated His New Life

Slow Burn

Nov 24, 2021 6:00 AM