‘The Black Friend’ review: Frederick Joseph’s honest and affecting guide “on being a better white person”

This review of “The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person” is sponsored by Candlewick Press. How does one become an antiracist? This question has been addressed and answered to varying degrees for years but was brought up with…

Book Review: Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From by Jennifer De Leon

Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From, Jennifer De Leon’s debut novel, follows Latinx teen Liliana Cruz as she transitions from a school in her diverse inner-city Boston neighborhood to a predominantly white school for an integration program known as METCO.…

Trailer Released for Ava DuVernay Documentary The 13th

In the wake of a year-long federal investigation of corruption in private prisons, Ava DuVernay takes on the issue of contemporary incarceration in her new documentary. The Oscar-Nominated director, known for Selma, the television series Queen Sugar, and the forthcoming…