
A new documentary on Ethiopian jazz pioneer Hailu Mergia recenters the artist
In an era of algorithmic curation, ‘IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia’ puts a generation of listeners in touch with history

A brief history of protest and counterculture at Tompkins Square Park
Almost 30 years after the Tompkins Square Riot, a new protest headed by skaters preserves the sanctity of a downtown safe haven.

Fashion’s “new” problem? Moving the needle forward in the age of infinite reference
Is fashion suffering a crisis of originality? We can’t seem to stop talking about who’s stealing from whom but appropriation is a thoroughly old-fashioned practice—the...
