Nate File

Nate File is a reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer. He was a 2021-22 Black Voices in the Public Sphere fellow at Boston Review.

Summoning Freedom

A conversation with Tananarive Due, Rasheedah Phillips, and Celeste Winston about Afrofuturism’s vision of Black liberation.

  • Nate File

How a New Generation Is Combatting Digital Surveillance

Younger voices are using technology to respond to the needs of marginalized communities and nurture Black healing and liberation.

  • Payton Croskey
  • Kenia Hale
  • Nate File

Detroiters Are Not Waiting to Be Saved

Inspired by the work of James and Grace Lee Boggs, many young Detroit activists are turning to forms of mutual aid to meet the needs of their communities.

  • Nate File

“Representation doesn’t just mean heroes. We need the villains as well.”

Marlon James discusses writing realistic Black characters, being inspired by African folktales, and why we don’t have to let go of the world of make-believe to tell serious stories.

  • Marlon James
  • Nate File
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