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3 weeks ago | oxfordamerican.org | Katie Jane Fernelius

One Does Not Simply Walk Into Dollar General, 2023, a painting by Danial Ryan © The artist, @artofdanialryan These Louisianans are organizing to transform the stores their communities rely on Last summer, David Williams popped his headphones in and began listening to the multi-hour playlist he specially made for the eight-hour bus ride from New Orleans up to Goodlettsville, Tennessee. The playlist was a mix of hip-hop and r&b: Kendrick Lamar, Keyshia Cole, Usher.

1 month ago | oxfordamerican.org | Frederick McKindra

Self Portrait as the Professor of Astronomy, Miscegenation and Critical Theory at the New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club Center for Graduate Studies, 2008 © Rashid Johnson. Courtesy the artist Associate Editor Frederick McKindra on the tension between business and the humanities This introduction appears in the Summer 2025 print edition with the title “Conflicts in the Market.” Order the Y’all Street Issue here.

1 month ago | oxfordamerican.org | Michelle Orange

Two greyhounds at night, 2019, oil on panel by Clare Menck © The artist. Courtesy 99 Loop Gallery In the home of America’s last active tracks, tradition and uncertainty run neck and neck This story appears in the Summer 2025 print edition with the title “Comely in Going.” Pre-order the Y’all Street Issue here. They look ancient because they are. Eight in all, each one led by a teenaged handler in a royal purple t-shirt, the dogs cut a silhouette at odds with their surroundings.

1 month ago | oxfordamerican.org | Alexandra Martinez

Félix Rodríguez Báez, The Shack (El ranchón), 1954, oil on canvas, 25 3/8 x 36 1/4 inches (64 x 92.5 cm), Museo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc. Gift of Lomba. Image courtesy of the artist. From Burnaway, how two artists reflect the collective experience of Caribbean diasporas One of the last times I stepped foot onto my family’s home in Marianao, Cuba, we gathered in the backyard.

2 months ago | oxfordamerican.org | David Cook

A version of this story originally appeared in Food as a Verb, an independent media company based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, co-founded by author David Cook and photographer Sarah Unger. Food as a Verb is devoted to spotlighting the people and places within the South’s food landscapes. To eat in modern America is to participate in not-knowing.