foundation

Each week had a theme: the foundations of the West, U.S. history and its unique culture, movements within America, and case studies of leaders including Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill.

But the more we learn about this topic, the more deeply ingrained slavery becomes in America’s unique story and in building the foundation of the wealth we enjoy today.

Wideman’s 1985 essay “The Language of Home” was about the power of words to capture our foundations, so it’s fitting that his new collection covering 50 years of his powerful prose mimics that essay’s title.

The 18th-century framers of the Constitution viewed Congress as the foundation of republican governance, deliberately placing it first in Article 1 to underscore its primacy.

"Grime was my foundation, they gave me the skills to rap and the confidence to embrace my heritage," the 29-year-old says.