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June 2025

The Other Artificial Intelligences Warping Journalism
The conversation around the use of AI in journalism obscures the view of other kinds of artificial intelligences already at play.
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Donovan X. Ramsey
Black Cinema Is Advancing, Even As Hollywood Retreats
As studios slash budgets and hedge their bets, Black creatives are laying the foundation for something more enduring—stories with purpose and paths to…
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Donovan X. Ramsey
Toni Morrison Was Her Own Best Thing
Before anyone knew her name, she was Chloe from Lorain—small, Black, bookish. Through language, she became a giant—and in doing so, offered us new ways…
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Donovan X. Ramsey

May 2025

André 3000’s One Man Show
We make small talk, and the conversation feels real little by little, less like an interview and more like a FaceTime with a cousin you don’t see all…
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Donovan X. Ramsey
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Orchestrating A New Whiteness
A TikTok joke about redheads points toward the possibility of a less toxic white identity.
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"There’s Fire Down Yonder" (Let the M—— Burn)
The fire that destroyed Nottoway Plantation wasn’t just an ending—it was a remix, a reckoning, and a refusal to keep lying.
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Donovan X. Ramsey
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"Freak-Offs" and the Violence We Refuse to Name
In the gap between what happened and what we call it, there is silence—and in that silence, harm is allowed to happen again.
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Dressed for Celebration, Trained for Survival
What happened at Morehouse one year ago wasn’t just a silent protest. It was a rehearsal for the second Trump era.
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Donovan X. Ramsey

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