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Selma
September 26, 2017
Graham Vyse
Obama Redefined Patriotism. Trump Is Trying to Erase That, Too.
September 26, 2016
MagazineRachel Kaadzi Ghansah
The Philosopher and Her Camera
Ava DuVernay made history with Selma. Now, in two new films, she’s taking on America’s prison system—and tesseracting through the universe.
March 21, 2016
Elaine Teng
Ava DuVernay has better things to do than direct a Marvel movie.
December 7, 2015
Bijan Stephen
Ava DuVernay, director of the Academy Award-nominated Selma, is now a Barbie doll.
April 6, 2015
Brian Beutler
Make the Confederacy’s Defeat a National Holiday
150 years ago this week, Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union. Let's celebrate it—every year.
March 10, 2015
Jamil Smith
What Was Being Sold in Selma
Honoring civil rights legends and hawking political agendas
February 22, 2015
Aurin Squire
Why 'Selma' Didn't Win Best Picture
January 15, 2015
Brian Beutler
'Selma' Didn't Deserve More Than a Best Picture Nomination
January 15, 2015
Elaine Teng
And the Oscar Goes to... a White Person
January 8, 2015
Elaine Teng
The Controversy Over 'Selma' Shows Why You Shouldn't Fact-Check Movies
November 4, 1978
David Herbert Donald
Protest at Selma: Martin Luther King, Jr. & the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
December 30, 1968
Robert Coles, Harry Huge
Strom Thurmond Country

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