Collis Browne

Anti-Muslim hate has been deeply engrained and intertwined with anti-Black racism in the United States for well over 60 years, far longer than most of us are taught or are aware. As the EIP team dug into design research for the new magazine format of our first anniversary issue, we revisited 1960s issues of LIFE magazine—and landed on the March 1965 edition, published just after the assassination of Malcolm X.

Creating Your Own World with Ishmael Butler Ishmael Butler is a lyrical and musical visionary creating his own worlds of freedom and wonder since the first Digable Planets hit way back in 1993. And he’s continued to stay relevant as Shabazz Palaces, releasing his own work and collaborating across cultural, geographic and genre boundaries. COLLIS BROWNE: I’ll tell just a couple things about me, leading into the interview, so you know something about who you’re talking to.

Algorithms of Authoritarianism vs the Media We Need Now Slow Factory as we know it is no longer. Long live the Slow Factory. But before we explain where we’re headed, let us — in true Slow Factory fashion — break down the context one last time. In a world where authoritarianism is masked by algorithms and sanitized headlines, the true threat to democracy comes not just from governments but from tech and media giants who distort reality, censor dissent, and profit from oppression.