Witness

A Wake

For most Americans, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a day of dreaming. For me, it is a wake.

Jan 20 • 

Robert Jones, Jr.

December 2024

Brooklyn Museum: IN OPEN CONTEMPT with Irvin Weathersby Jr. and Robert Jones, Jr.

Brothas in Artful Conversation

Dec 31, 2024 • 

Robert Jones, Jr.

Jerrod

On Jerrod Carmichael. And us.

Dec 24, 2024 • 

Robert Jones, Jr.

Shaking the Dungeon

A Polemic Inspired by James Baldwin

Dec 1, 2024 • 

Robert Jones, Jr.

November 2024

Black Friday Sale!

Save on a subscription to WITNESS.

Nov 29, 2024 • 

Robert Jones, Jr.

Coming Soon: "Shaking the Dungeon"

A Polemic Inspired by James Baldwin

Nov 26, 2024 • 

Robert Jones, Jr.

Prospects

On beauty, fear, rage, and sadness while walking through Brooklyn's Prospect Park

Nov 11, 2024 • 

Robert Jones, Jr.

"Because They Think They Are White"

“But this cowardice, this necessity of justifying a totally false identity and of justifying what must be called a genocidal history, has placed…

Nov 6, 2024 • 

Robert Jones, Jr.

The Evidence of Things Unseen: Baldwin, Faith, and Fiction

At the Center for Fiction, Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 7 p.m.

Nov 4, 2024 • 

Robert Jones, Jr.

October 2024

Party and Bullshit: Behind the Books

A backstage pass to my trip to Paraty and São Paulo, Brazil

Oct 29, 2024 • 

Robert Jones, Jr.

Party and Bullshit

Notes on My Trip to Paraty and São Paulo, Brazil

Oct 29, 2024 • 

Robert Jones, Jr.

The Horrors of Horror

Horror imitates life imitates horror imitates life.

Oct 22, 2024 • 

Robert Jones, Jr.