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The big picture

Marcantonio, like other notable Harlem figures such as writers Langston Hughes and Claude McKay, practiced what I call “living in difference,” or deeply engaging with those who are unlike you for a shared project.

She is her own manager, books her own tours, has never had a publicist. Her latest album features a song about communism in the style of Madonna’s “Vogue.” 'I felt like I don’t need to lure people in—I’m just going to call it ‘Un-American Activities’

Davis viewed his confrontation with HUAC and the University of Michigan as an opportunity. He willingly risked both his freedom and his career to expose and perhaps even put an end to the establishment’s willingness to quash left political dissent.

Changing the world — because it needs it

For 100 years, Maki has been the leading force for Jewish-Palestinian equality in Israeli politics, yet it has failed to unite Arab and Jewish workers into a viable movement. Was it doomed from the start?