Jelani Cobb remembers the contours of childhood disappointment and contemplates the seeming randomness which determines how a life turns out

Citizen’s Creative Director (HG) chats briefly with film, TV, and stage director Janicza Bravo (JB) about her latest project, “Listeners,” the bullshit of “the only” and maintaining “range” within your work.

Weeks away from casting her first vote in a presidential election, a young Black Harvard undergraduate student writes an essay that won’t be graded, contemplating what “hope” means to her.