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Issue #12: Pulled from the Archives: Missy Elliott and the Sonic Revolution
"My style can't be duplicated or recycled...this chick is a sick individual."
Feb 3
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Shamira Ibrahim
4
January 2023
Issue #11: Pulled from the Archives: Brunch with New York
"I owe it to myself to always be true to myself and be authentic."
Jan 30
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Shamira Ibrahim
3
December 2022
Issue # 10: Pulled From the Archives - The Porter and Black Canadian History
A discussion with the creators of the series exploring the movement on the transcontinental railroad that gave birth to the first Black union in the…
Dec 12, 2022
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Shamira Ibrahim
2
October 2022
Issue # 9: The Boom & Bust Cycles of House and Club Music
“The underground and mainstream, they need each other. They feed off each other, and it's a constant cycle.”
Oct 19, 2022
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Shamira Ibrahim
11
Issue #8: Michael K. Williams’s Memoir is a Somber Rendering of the Personal Tax of Principled Success
A retrospective on Hollywood's ebony archangel and martyr
Oct 6, 2022
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Shamira Ibrahim
15
September 2022
Issue #7: The Woman King Review
The Woman King is a stunning Hollywood epic that is burdened by the competing masters of entertainment and history
Sep 20, 2022
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Shamira Ibrahim
15
July 2022
Issue #6: Pulled From the Archives - An Interview with Jenifer Lewis
"I walk in my joy." - Jenifer Lewis
Jul 8, 2022
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Shamira Ibrahim
4
June 2022
Issue #5: Mid-Year Check-in
“Pain was greedy; it demanded all of her attention.” - Toni Morrison, Sula
Jun 17, 2022
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Shamira Ibrahim
3
December 2021
Issue #4: Reflections for a New Year
“We have to be as radical as reality itself.”
Dec 28, 2021
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Shamira Ibrahim
2
December 2020
Issue #3: End of Year Wrap-Up
“Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may risk his or her life to read them." - Edwidge…
Dec 21, 2020
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Shamira Ibrahim
1
July 2020
Issue No 2: Independence Day
"Black people have exposed, by their very existence, the inadequacies not only of the practice of freedom, but of its very theoretical formulation" …
Jul 6, 2020
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Shamira Ibrahim
1
June 2020
Issue No. 1: New York is Burning
Let's Get Free
Jun 1, 2020
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Shamira Ibrahim
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