Racecraft
What does it mean that more non-white Americans voted for Donald Trump in this year’s U.S. presidential election than in the previous two? Adolph Reed on the limits of identity politics.
Note: The madman theory
The madman theory. On November 17, the U.S. and the U.K. gave Ukraine permission to use their missiles
Note: ‘Frekm, Pt 1.’
111 MHz: ‘Frekm, Pt 1.’ London’s Felix Manuel, who records as DjRUM, is back with a typically jazz-influenced, flute-led
Note: Way off
Way off. In 2015’s Paris Agreement, nearly all the world’s countries pledged to try to limit global warming
Mind the gap
Why are global greenhouse-gas emissions still rising? Rachel Cleetus on how the use of fossil fuels keeps growing—and outpacing renewable energy.
Note: ‘The Fatberg Which Weighed as Much as Three Elephants’
111 MHz: ‘The Fatberg Which Weighed as Much as Three Elephants.’ Rubbish Music is, as you might expect, a U.
Note: ‘The Tribe’
5 W Main: The Tribe. Days after the U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump commented that his former secretary of
Note: ‘It’s coming from inside the house’
‘It’s coming from inside the house.’ Last summer, the Marvel Cinematic Universe became the first ever franchise to earn
In theaters now
Why are studios releasing so few original new films? Andrew deWaard on how movie franchises have conquered Hollywood.
Note: ‘There Are Easier Ways to Disappear (but I’m Only Good at This One)’
111 MHz: ‘There Are Easier Ways to Disappear (but I’m Only Good at This One).’ The Beirut-based composer Yara
