Wesley Lowery

2 weeks ago | contrabandcamp.com | Wesley Lowery

“...of all of the reviews, even the most enthusiastic, not one had the slightest idea what the book was about…” — F. Scott Fitzgerald, in a May 1925 letter to literary critic Edmund WilsonOne fall semester in the late 1990s, Medgar Evers College professor Carlyle V. Thompson was assigned to teach “Introduction to Literature,” obligating him to revisit The Great Gatsby. F.

Nov 28, 2024 | nybooks.com | Wesley Lowery

In the days since the election, I’ve found myself revisiting an essay on the journalist’s role in a free society by the Reverend Levi Jenkins Coppin, editor of the AME Church Review, included in Irvine Garland Penn’s influential 1891 volume The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. “The journalist is the people’s attorney,” Coppin wrote, at a moment when a new generation of black journalists was emerging to document Jim Crow’s horrors.

Nov 16, 2024 | almendron.com | Nitin K. Ahuja |Susan Neiman |Wesley Lowery

Yuri SlezkineIn 1827 Samuel Pickwick, Esq., and three members of his club arrived in Eatanswill to witness an election. The Pickwickians had no sooner dismounted from the roof of the coach than they were surrounded by a cheering mob. “Slumkey for ever!” roared the honest and independent. “Slumkey for ever!” echoed Mr. Pickwick, taking off his hat. “No Fizkin!” roared the crowd. “Certainly not!” shouted Mr. Pickwick.

Nov 15, 2024 | nybooks.com | Susan Neiman |Nitin K. Ahuja |Wesley Lowery

Yuri Slezkine • Wesley Lowery • Carolina A. Miranda • Nitin K. Ahuja • Susan Neiman* In 1827 Samuel Pickwick, Esq., and three members of his club arrived in Eatanswill to witness an election. The Pickwickians had no sooner dismounted from the roof of the coach than they were surrounded by a cheering mob. “Slumkey for ever!” roared the honest and independent. “Slumkey for ever!” echoed Mr. Pickwick, taking off his hat. “No Fizkin!” roared the crowd. “Certainly not!” shouted Mr. Pickwick.

Jul 16, 2024 | knightcolumbia.org | Wesley Lowery

!— Windows 8.1 + IE11 and above —> Essays and Scholarship A case for a federal public trust for media A project aimed at identifying and protecting core press functions In June 1945, the United States Supreme Court issued a 4,900-word opinion that significantly curbed the power of an aspiring monopoly known as the Associated Press (AP). 1. Associated Press v. United States 326 U.S. 1 (1945).