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Zadie Smith on the magic of Tracy Chapman: ‘She didn’t just look like us – she was singing our songs’

The novelist was just 12 when the ex-busker stunned a mammoth crowd at the Free Nelson Mandela concert – and sent everyone racing to Woolworths for her astonishing debut album. Its simple, honest, perfect songs of protest have mesmerised the writer ever since

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/31/zadie-smith-tracy-chapman-debut-album-free-nelson-mandela-concert

 


WHY THE COURT HIT THE BRAKES ON SCHOOL DESEGREGATION

Two decades after Brown v. Board, the Supreme Court struck down a desegregation order—-and paved the way for today’s retrenchment efforts. 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/07/the-containment-michelle-adams-book-review