Rebels without a pause
Flavor Flav (left) and Chuck D (right), of Public Enemy, perform during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 2014.
Thirty years ago, Public Enemy brought the revolution to hip-hop with “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.” Kurt Andersen talks with graphic designer Bonnie Siegler about the history of protest art. And the newspaper comic “Nancy” gets a reboot and its first female cartoonist.
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