Editorials

Legacy vs. “Original” Black Characters: We Can Win With Both

One of the great divides in Blerd-dom is the debate over whether representation advances ...

Romancing Ashley Williams: My Greatest Shame in Video Games?

With Valentine’s Day and the Mass Effect Remaster around the corner, I’ve been thinking ...

Alaya Dawn Johnson

Alaya Dawn Johnson, ‘Trouble the Saints,’ and Stemming the Tide of White Power

There’s a scene where Phyllis—an assassin in 1940s Harlem—refers to a then-recent author, Zora ...