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Making the Invisible Visible: a conversation with Rebecca Solnit, Eyal Press & Gary Younge

February 16, 2022, 5:30 pm EST

Watch Type Fellows Rebecca Solnit, author of “Orwell’s Roses,” and Eyal Press, author of “Dirty Work,” in a conversation moderated by Former Type Knobler Fellow Gary Younge.

Hank Willis Thomas’s NBA Iconography

The artist talks about “The New Black Aesthetic,” his new exhibit timed to All-Star Weekend, and the complex relationship between sports and Black men. by Mychal Denzel Smith for GQ.

Type Media Center Names Noy Thrupkaew Director of the Ida B. Wells Fellowship Program

The Center is thrilled to announce that Noy Thrupkaew has been selected as the new director of the Ida B. Wells Fellowship program and as a Type Investigations reporting fellow.

“The Facility” is shortlisted for a 2022 Oscar

The Facility, a Field of Vision production, in partnership with Type Investigations and Rayuela Films, is shortlisted for a 2022 Oscar. Directed by frequent Type Investigations reporter Seth Freed Wessler, and based on reporting done during his fellowship at Type Investigations, you can stream the documentary here.

Poet Laureate of Nowhere

The poet Solmaz Sharif takes a certain pleasure from the scene at airports when flights are delayed and the people around her are frustrated and tired. “I have a sense of, ‘Welcome. Welcome to how I feel all the time,’” she told me this past December. Interview by Rozina Ali for Lux Magazine.

Must-Read Investigations of 2021

In 2021 Type Investigations produced dozens of stories, reaching millions of people through our collaborations with our Partners. Here are several outstanding stories that examine the most pressing issues of our day.

In Conversation: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein and Robert Jones, Jr.

December 1, 2021, 1:00 pm EST

Watch our Type Talk with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, author of the Bold Type Books title “The Disordered Cosmos,” and Robert Jones, Jr., author of “The Prophets,” and moderated by Hillary Brenhouse, the Editorial Director of Bold Type Books.

Dennis Rodman, Bad Boy for Life

He’s had a Hall of Fame career in the NBA, where he pushed buttons and fashioned himself into a gender-exploding rock star. (And collected five rings, too.) But when you peel away the attitude, and the hair, and the piercings and tattoos, who is Dennis Rodman underneath it all? By Mychal Denzel Smith for GQ.

Type Media Center Welcomes Matt Aikins as a Puffin Foundation Fellow

Type Media Center welcomes Matthieu Aikins as a Puffin Foundation Fellow! Aikins is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and a contributing editor at Rolling Stone. He has reported from Afghanistan and the Middle East since 2008.

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