Editor-in-Chief Heather Shayne Blakeslee makes the case that we are all founders of a still-young country // Managing Editor Lauren Earline Leonard writes about the Mummers and their bid for cultural evolution and relevance, with photography by Joanna Nowak and Roberto Quezado-Dardon // Diana Lu pays homage to the co-founders of a beloved South Philadelphia patisserie // James Beard-award winning chef Cristina Martinez talk about immigrant entrepreneurs and authentic barbacoa // Artist Angel Eduardo on the opportunity costs of artists on the front lines of the culture war // Ginger Rudolph talks with Mickalene Thomas about her ‘All About Love’ show at the Barnes Foundation // Artist and critic Franklin Einspruch introduces the idea of ‘Institutional Plurality’ // Artist Joe Boruchow speaks out about censoring his own art // American Contemporary Ballet founder Lincoln Jones on artistic excellence and integrity // Books by Nicholas Christakis, Coleman Hughes, Dominic Green, Marilynne Robinson, Iain McGilchrist, Jeffrey Rosen, and Matthew Pearl // FIRE’s Nico Perrino on the future of the First Amendment // Jocelyn Jones Arnold deepens her understanding of her free Black ancestor, and joins the Daughters of the American Revolution // An exploration of photographer and mixed-media artist Shawn Theodore’s ‘Afromythologies’ // Ideas Editor Walter Foley gets to the rogue roots of the American self-esteem movement via Will Storr’s book Selfie // Heather Shayne Blakeslee examines the paintings of Charles Browning to make the case for artistic freedom // Author and advocate Greg Thomas on Albert Murray’s seminal work The Omni-Americans // Braver Angels National Ambassador John Wood, Jr., on American reconciliation // Economist Richard Vague on why Tyler Cowen gets growth wrong in Stubborn Attachments // JoAnn Garbin argues that Gen X women are quietly fomenting an entrepreneurship revolution //