Writing whiteness, writing America
What happens when black and brown authors write about white people? Although novels by Chinelo Okparanta and Mohsin Hamid tread into this risky unknown, they do not go far enough.
Americas
Budgets, bureaucracy and realpolitik trump human rights advocacy
The year 2015 was El Salvador’s deadliest since the end of that country’s civil war in
The romanticism of history
The resistance legacy of Brazilian slaves suffers from both romanticism and a spotty historical record. But it also persists as a potent social and cultural symbol.