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Larry Fink: Vulgarity and Anna Wintour’s Met Gala
In his five-plus decades of photographing performative wealth and celebrity at events like the Vanity Fair Oscar Party and the Met Gala, Larry Fink p…
5 years, 1 month ago
September 11: “Inflection Point”
For CJR, Jon Allsop followed the weekend’s deluge of September 11 anniversary coverage—where it excelled, and when it lacked self-awareness. On today…
5 years, 2 months ago
How We Got Here: Genders and Sexualities, host Prof. Alisa Solomon
Gender and sexuality can feel natural and even immutable, but science and the lived experience of numerous humans tell us that these categories are f…
5 years, 2 months ago
How We Got Here: Unwelcome to America, host Prof. Nina Alvarez
The American Dream is often portrayed as the hook that pulls people to the United States. What is usually left out of the story is the hell many fle…
5 years, 2 months ago
How We Got Here: Class, host Prof. Dale Maharidge
Steel produced in Youngstown, Ohio, helped America win World War II, and it was used to build the bridges that we cross and the buildings in which we…
5 years, 2 months ago
How We Got Here: Empire, host Prof. Sheila Coronel
There is a long tradition of imperial denial in the United States. After all, Americans fought the British Empire and have always thought of themselv…
5 years, 3 months ago
How We Got Here: Whiteness, host Prof. Samuel G. Freedman
Whiteness in America isn’t just the neutral norm against which racial minorities, particularly Black people, are measured. Whiteness in America means…
5 years, 3 months ago
How We Got Here: The Half-Life of Democracy, host Prof. Jelani Cobb
The issue of police violence and racism is a familiar one. It’s been present in the United States since the Republic's beginnings. And the stories of…
5 years, 3 months ago
How We Got Here: Trailer
How We Got Here is a podcast for journalists about how history and identity shape narrative. As journalists, we like to say we’re writing the first …
5 years, 3 months ago
Special Report: Inside the toxic mediasphere of Black exceptionalism
When Samuel Getachew was a sixth grader in the Oakland public school system, Akintunde Ahmad was a “hometown hero,” headed to Yale. On this week’s Ki…
5 years, 3 months ago