Table of Contents

May 24, 2021

Cover Story

His Name in Vain

We can choose to be sated by more cops in jail. Or we can insist that bargaining for mere survival is not enough. By Zak Cheney-Rice

On the Cover: Artwork by Kevin Claiborne for New York Magazine.

features

Stop Hustling Black Death

Samaria Rice has no desire to be a “mother of the movement.”

By Imani Perry
Watching White People

Eight writers on what happens when the people around you are suddenly forced to confront race.
Doing the Work at Work

The diversity-equity-and-inclusion industrial complex.

By Bridget Read
The Bail-Fund Windfall

The Minnesota Freedom Fund raised too much money.

By Angelina Chapin
The Room Where It Happened

Derrick Ingram is still shut inside the Hell’s Kitchen apartment the police tried to invade.

By Adrienne Green
Still Here

The mayors of Oklahoma’s last all-Black towns are honoring the centennial of a massacre.

By Camille Squires
Guilty Parties

Two entrepreneurs have built a business dredging up white women’s shame.

By Molly Fischer

Intelligencer

Departments

Strategist

Best Bets

The right pair of running shoes.
The Look Book

Picks out a prom dress.
Design Hunting

Art collector Barbara Jakobson’s vertical life.
The Restaurant Review

At Rosella, local and sustainable sourcing trumps traditional supply chains.
Hot Plate

What to eat, drink, and read right now.

The Culture Pages

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