John Sinclair: The rebel of many causes
More memories of a Detroit iconoclast
By Herb Boyd
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The limits of Netflix’s ‘Stamped from the Beginning’
The documentary weaves a history of anti-Black racism in America, though it makes some glaring omissions
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Malcolm’s furious passage unfolds in ‘X,’ the opera
Letter from New York
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Missing the magical Sixto Rodriguez
There was always an air of mystery about him
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Rev. Dr. JoAnn Watson, a former Detroit city council leader and ardent advocate for reparations, dead at 72
May she rest in peace and power
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