Crisis? What Crisis?
Hey all. Let's hop to it. Recent Work My long review essay on the work of early American historian Alan Taylor, "the [https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-fog-of-history-wars] history [https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/07/10/americas-history-wars] wars [https://harpers.org/archive/2021/07/history-as-end-politics-of-the-past-matthew-karp/
Popularity, Contested
Hey all. Let's hop to it. Politics I wasn’t following the Nina Turner race too closely, so I don’t have all that much more to say about that specific outcome than I already [https://twitter.com/OsitaNwanevu/status/1423339031186792453] shared [https://twitter.com/OsitaNwanevu/status/1423372362557313027]
Mail Time!
Hey all, Just a brief Mail Time post today and a reminder that you can send questions for the next to nwanevuletter@gmail.com. So far, it seems like people are asking mostly for book recommendations — texts that have been either formative for me politically or that I consider worth
Come On And Slam
Hey all, Here’s your periodic round up of culture reads I’ve been thinking about lately. Film Space Jam: A New Legacy has been out for a while now. I haven’t seen it and don’t know that I will, but I’ve enjoyed some of the writing
Joe & John
Hey all. Let's hop to it. Politics Next Friday will mark a year since the funeral of Georgia Congressman John Lewis, a former civil rights activist whose name now adorns the Democratic Party’s update to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. A great deal was made at
When The CTC Hits
Hey all. Let’s hop to it. Politics It’s been a major week for Democrats in Washington. On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democrats of the Senate Budget Committee announced a preliminary agreement on a topline number for the party’s reconciliation package: $3.5 trillion.
This Is Who Olivia Rodrigo Is
Hey all, It’s been a busy week so far, but I thought I’d put out a post about something a lot of people have been hoping I’d take on in this newsletter and in my writing more broadly. Music As you might know, I have a lot
The Easy Winners
Hello. Thank you for subscribing to my newsletter. There are some notes about what you can expect from these at the bottom, but let’s get right into today’s post. Recent Work My friend Samuel Kimbriel [https://www.cardus.ca/comment/browse/contributor/samuel-kimbriel/] and I have been curating
