Express
The God of My Grandparents
By Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru SekouIf Jesus is the author of my faith, then my grandparents are the editors.
Born in Africa
By Nadia Davids“Where were you born?” the border guard asked me, holding my passport with barely disguised confusion.
King's Legacy
By Theodore HammFew, if any, of the tributes capture the full spectrum of King’s message at the time of his assassination.
From Black Power to Barack Obama
By Peniel E. JosephBarack Obama’s meteoric rise from charismatic senator to national phenomenon to presidential contender reveals the complex evolution of black politics since the civil rights and Black Power era.
In Conversation
How We Torture: Alex Gibney with Williams Cole
By probing the homicide of an innocent taxi driver named Diliwar at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan, Taxi is a powerful film that exposes the Bush administration’s torture practices in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Letter from New Orleans
By Peter ZinnAt first the arm of the bulldozer reaches out and probes, sort of tapping at the bricks. It doesn’t look strong enough to break through. But then it makes a hole, and then another one.
An Immature Anti-Fascist
By Vincent RossmeierAccording to Jonah Goldberg’s new book, Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning, the world’s first true fascist leader was Woodrow Wilson.
Memories of SDS
By Nicholas JahrIn the long twilight of the U.S. of A, nobody has been younger or closer to heaven than the Students for a Democratic Society.
A Case for Eco-Optimism
By Leigh Kamping-CarderIn prose that is part speechwriter platitude and part skateboarder slang, Turner catalogues the technologies that could make sustainability a reality.
Kites: A Memoir
By Jason WachtelhausenAfter dad died my brother started having these dreams.
In Conversation
Orhan Pamuk with Carol Becker
On the occasion of the Columbia Alumni Association Forum, September 22, 2007, organized by Columbia University at La Bourse, historic site of the Paris Stock Exchange, Carol Becker, Dean of the School of the Arts, spoke with Orhan Pamuk.
