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  1. summer preview
    Summer TV Used to Mean Something, Damn ItOnce upon a time, television programming mirrored the rhythms of life. Now it’s become the calendar version of the endless scroll.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  2. essay
    The Many Lives of Janet JacksonHow many ways will her story be told without seeing the full picture?
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  3. book review
    Edith Schloss, 20th-Century WomanIn her book The Loft Generation, a fixture of the midcentury New York art scene gets a long-overdue introduction.
    By Jamie Hood
  4. remembrances
    The Naomi Shelton We KnewAn evening remembering the late Gospel Queen, village voice, and forever friend.
    By Saki Knafo
  5. 9/11: 20 years later
    Ramy Captured the Paradox of Being Muslim American After 9/11A revisitation of “Strawberries,” Ramy Youssef’s examination of how to come of age in a country that demands your culture’s disavowal.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  6. essay
    The Smith Family Legacy Was Built for WillowWillow Smith is an oddity in music, and not just because of the pedigree.
    By Craig Jenkins
  7. essay
    I Don’t See an End to ThisDaBaby’s vile remarks about gay sex and AIDS mixed with the furor over Lil Nas X’s “Industry Baby” have made for the eye of a perfect shitstorm.
    By Craig Jenkins
  8. review
    We’re Still Getting Woodstock ’99 WrongHBO’s Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage documentary feels drunk on chaos.
    By Craig Jenkins
  9. essay
    Just Another Morning in Good Ol’ AmericaMorgan Wallen’s GMA interview didn’t so much begin a redemption tour as it did extend a winning streak that’s gone strong for decades.
    By Andrea Williams
  10. essay
    What Reckoning?Country music is exactly where it was a year ago, when the dam on the industry’s ocean of racism supposedly broke. Duh.
    By Andrea Williams
  11. zack snyder’s director’s cut
    What Does Justice League Mean for the Director’s Cut?The lengthy HBO Max movie is the latest in a hallowed tradition that has unleashed more than just Zack Snyder’s vision.
    By Iana Murray
  12. lady a
    If Country Music Wants to Reckon With Its Racism, Look Deeper Than the Bad NamesEven if we are to give “Lady A” credit for their gesture, we must also acknowledge that it should be but the catalyst of far deeper work.
    By Andrea Williams
  13. the grammys
    The Grammys Still Don’t Get ItRegardless of genre or language, if we’re going to do away with the term urban, we actually have to do away with it.
    By Gary Suarez
  14. radio vulture
    Stan Culture Is Due a Reckoning. So Are the Celebrities They Worship.Last week was evidence of a slow and peculiar shift in the relationship between fans and the musicians they love over the last decade.
    By Craig Jenkins
  15. how hip-hop failed america
    Questlove on When Black Loses Its CoolThe third in a weekly series of six essays.
    By Questlove
  16. how hip-hop failed america
    Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems: How Hip-Hop Failed Black America, Part IIThe second in a weekly series of six essays.
    By Questlove
  17. guest essay
    When the People Cheer: How Hip-Hop Failed Black AmericaThe first in a weekly series of six essays.
    By Questlove
  18. oscar bait
    Where Are the Serious Movies About Non-Suffering Black People?The relentless violence and subjugation depicted in movies about the black experience is exhausting and no longer breaks new ground.
    By Roxane Gay
  19. essay
    Is Lady Gaga’s Uplifting Message Diminishing Her Gaga-ness?Inarguably positive but inoffensively mainstream, her ‘Born this Way’ preaching detracts from her breakout avant-garde persona.
    By Chris Norris
  20. essay
    Why the Death of Celebrity Rehab Veteran Mike Starr Makes Laughing at Charlie Sheen HardA writer who observed the heroin-tortured musician during his ‘Rehab’ shoot sees there are predictable consistencies in the behavior of the addicted.
    By Chris Norris