segregation

When Record Labels Blasted Through the Barriers in Segregated America

When Record Labels Blasted Through the Barriers in Segregated America

While their motives were more mercenary than musical, American small record label impresarios could hear the barriers falling between the races right before their ears.

The Subversive Creativity in Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’

The Subversive Creativity in Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’

Wes Anderson has created a powerful (though unassuming) sociopolitical statement about the causes and consequences of segregation.

‘Loving’, An Urgent Work of Compelling Quietude

‘Loving’, An Urgent Work of Compelling Quietude

Loving is particularly resonant at a time when many in America may feel as if their own inherent rights are on shaky ground.