Editor’s Note: Keith Magee is senior fellow and visiting professor in cultural justice at University College London Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. He is the author of “Prophetic Justice: ...

In “Origin,” Ava DuVernay weaves a centuries- and continents-spanning narrative feature around the ideas of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Isabel Wilkerson, who rejects the word “racism.” It’s not that ...

Ava DuVernay‘s new film is a powerful investigation into oppression and how systems of subjugation around the globe have repeated and reproduced throughout history. Origin is thoughtful, emotional and ...

The man in the crowd -- Part one. Toxins in the permafrost and heat rising all around. The afterlife of pathogens -- An old house and an infrared light -- An American untouchable -- Part two. The ...

The man in the crowd -- Part One. Toxins in the Permafrost and Heat Rising all Around -- The afterlife of pathogens -- The vitals of history -- An old house and an infrared light -- An American ...

Adapting a non-fiction book into a narrative feature film is no mean feat. But adapting a non-fiction book that explores the social stratification system of caste, argues for a different way of ...

Caste is an important book for this time, for any time. But it may wind up being to the literary world as oatmeal is to the dietary world — important but not widely consumed. In Caste Wilkerson builds ...

Caste hierarchy is the major obstacle to the goal of social justice and it continues to be a major obstacle to social progress even today. There are many theories, which have tried to understand its ...

Perhaps the most important film released in 2023 – the one that every American (and the rest of us) should see – will not win an Oscar this weekend. This is guaranteed; it did not receive a single ...

Ava Duvernay’s significant film Origin finally dropped on Netflix in India last week, after playing at the Venice and Toronto ...