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Friday, February 15 2019

  • Teju Cole on Blackface and Valeria Luiselli on the Border Crisis February 15, 2019

    A photograph, Cole reminds us, captures the thinnest sliver of time. Any photograph of a man in blackface&mdash;or any racist image&mdash;implies that &ldquo;there&rsquo;s a lot more where that came from.&rdquo; (article)

  • Jill Lepore on the Ambiguities of Socialism, and Teju Cole on Blackface February 15, 2019

    The historian walks us through the shift in America&rsquo;s leftist politics, and the photographer contemplates the persistence of blackface in American culture. (episode)

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    • What Are We Talking About When We Talk about Socialism? February 15, 2019

      The historian Jill Lepore says we should not be surprised that socialism is once again popular&mdash;because we&rsquo;re not even sure what it means. &nbsp;

    • Teju Cole on Blackface February 15, 2019

      A photograph, Cole reminds us, captures the thinnest sliver of time. Any photograph of a man in blackface&mdash;or any racist image&mdash;implies that &ldquo;there&rsquo;s a lot more where that came from.&rdquo;

    • Bearing Witness to the Border Crisis February 15, 2019

      The writer Valeria Luiselli volunteered as a court translator for child migrants. Her latest novel, &ldquo;Lost Children Archive,&rdquo; borrows from the stories she helped tell.

    • Dear Barbra, It’s Me, Richard E. Grant February 15, 2019

      When the actor Richard E. Grant was fourteen, he wrote a letter to Barbra Streisand. Forty-seven years later, she answered.