Hammer&Hope
NO. 11
Summer 2026
250 Years of White Supremacy
And as many years of resistance.
“Do You Understand Your Own Language?”
Black radicals read the Declaration of Independence.
These Black Georgians Refuse to Be Silenced
A campaign to stop a railroad company’s land grab and protect Black ancestral sites shows just what the Voting Rights Act has been protecting all along.
Celebrating the Knicks in Brooklyn
A native New Yorker on what the team’s win means in a gentrified city.
The Forgotten History of the Civil Rights Movement’s Fight for Economic Justice
By turning DEI into a slur, Trump and MAGA want to erase the radical promise of the movement that won civil rights.
The Battle to Tell Black History
The right-wing attacks on Black studies have devastating consequences, but they won’t stop people from telling our history.
The Supreme Court Blesses the Destruction of Black Electoral Power
The court’s conservative supermajority has gutted what remained of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Boots Riley Wants You to Organize
The filmmaker’s second feature, “I Love Boosters,” is a surrealist, anti-capitalist roller coaster.
How the Working-Class Man’s Game Became an Elite Sport in the U.S.
The path to the World Cup is accessible to only a narrow slice of American soccer players.
Inside the Nationwide Resistance to the ICE Invasions
The mass popular opposition to ICE “surges” led to a sea change in public opinion. Now organizers are asking: What’s next?
Is This What R&B Sounds Like When You Don’t Respect Women?
An emerging artist sings to an anti-intellectual misogyny growing common among men.
How Is Zohran Mamdani Doing?
Nine New Yorkers discuss the first six months of the Mamdani administration.
What the Left Can Learn From Trump and Mamdani
Democratic socialists must keep people mobilized and incorporate them into the work of governing.
Greg Tate Changed the Game
Nine artists and writers, including Joan Morgan and dream hampton, reflect on how the legendary critic and musician inspired them.
Israel’s New Lynching Law Was Inspired by America’s Death Penalty
The far-right rulers of Israel and the U.S. are pursuing a common project, in which an oppressive policy of one becomes a model for the other.
“Cats: The Jellicle Ball” Brings Queer Joy to Broadway
The musical’s co-director has transformed Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic into a campy and affirming spectacle.
This Afro-Brazilian Photographer Preserves the History of Black Resistance in Bahia
Lázaro Roberto and the Zumví Archive weave memory and identity.
What Happened to June Jordan’s Land Reform Novel?
For decades, the acclaimed poet worked on a manuscript that she believed could be a guide for a radical future of Black land stewardship. But it was never published.
Clemson University Fired Me Over Charlie Kirk Social Media Posts
How a Black studies scholar survived a right-wing campaign to silence dissent.
Alice Coltrane Is Having a Moment
The musician’s artistic and spiritual practices are fertile ground for imagining what Black liberation can look like today.
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