Does the Right Even Know Why it’s so Threatened by Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce?
Stop the presses! If you’ve been living in a neighboring cave, you too will know…
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New Research May Explain the Weakness of Centrism and the Religious Left
A new profile of the wonderfully foul-mouthed political scientist and rising election prognisticator Rachel Bitecofer…
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“Let It Be Glorious”: Sunday Night Worship With Chance and Bey at the Grammys
When I listen to these albums, it feels like church, it feels like home.
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Racial Justice and Queer Masculinity: The Gospel of Frank Ocean
Gospel themes are being increasingly used as a mode of resistance.
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American elections, as we can see so clearly this season, are exercises in deception.
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I Met God, She’s Black: An Exhibit Makes the Black Female Body a Temple
The moment I entered the Black Woman is God exhibit in San Francisco’s SOMArts gallery,…
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Ten Books to Read After You’ve Watched “Lemonade”
We are living in the end times—or at least, in the post-“Lemonade” era. On April…
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Black Women and the Sacred: With “Lemonade,” Beyoncé Takes Us to Church
I walked away after seeing Beyoncé’s hour-long visual album, “Lemonade,” with the profound sense that…
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“Let’s Get in Formation”: Beyoncé’s Spiritual Call for Black Resistance
I don’t like Beyoncé in the way that some people do—I am not a bee in…
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The Bindi Isn’t Indie
Et tu, Beyoncé? #ReclaimtheBindi wants to challenge cultural appropriation of traditional symbols.
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