INHERITANCE Magazine
A magazine about race, culture, money, power, and what gets passed down. It published from 2025 to 2026, and its archive stays open.
- “The American Experiment”: second place, national political commentary, 2026 LA Press Club Awards
- “The American Experiment”: 2026 Communicator Award of Distinction
- Format
- Magazine
- Published
- 2025 to 2026
- Created by
- Ethan Ward
- Status
- Archive
What it published
Personal and reported essays on race, culture, money, and power. It also ran photo essays, a weekly roundup called What I’ve Taken, and LONGITUDE, a series about places.
A few to start with:
The American Experiment
Why does America call itself an experiment, and who agreed to be tested?
- Second place, national political commentary, 2026 LA Press Club Awards
- 2026 Communicator Award of Distinction
OpenAI Built a Safety Board. Then It Disappeared.
On a New Yorker investigation, and the institutions that keep turning AI’s dangers into theater.
Wendell Pierce Is Not Done Yet
The actor has spent 40 years carrying the stories of the dead.
AI Is the New ‘Who Did You Vote For?’
How AI became an American wedge issue, from data centers to family arguments.
Everything else is in the full archive.
What’s next
Selected essays from INHERITANCE Magazine will return in our two new magazines: Interested Party, on culture, AI, technology, race, and power, and Maroon Astro, on travel and lifestyle. Both are coming soon.
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