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Shapeshifting: Discovering the 鈥淲e鈥� in Mixed-Race Experiences
For mixed-race people, especially those of us who have one White parent, the answers to questions of identity can be confusing to sort out.
How I Survived Prison With Native Spirituality and Mystery Science Theater 3000
A Native writer finds meaningful connections between his heritage and his love for a show about bad movies and goofy robots.
Call for Submissions: A New 大象传媒 Movement鈥�
Send us your leads and pitches by Aug. 9.鈥�
How Civil Rights Leader Bob Moses Used Math Literacy to Push for Racial Equality
The Algebra Project sprang directly from Bob Moses鈥� civil rights work in Mississippi, which transformed the state from a segregationist stronghold into a focal point of the civil rights revolution.
How Immigrant Communities Are Addressing Colorism and Anti-Blackness
The #BlackLivesMatter protests in 2020 sparked hard conversations within immigrant communities on how internalized biases based on skin-color remain prevalent.
How Haunani-Kay Trask Shaped Her People鈥檚 Struggle for Independence
The Hawaiian movement for self-determination was forever changed by the fierce and unapologetic leadership of the late Haunani-Kay Trask. This loving obituary written by one of Trask鈥檚 mentees explores her powerful legacy.
How the Women of Standing Rock Inspired the World
鈥淎 nation isn鈥檛 defeated until the hearts of the women are on the ground.鈥�
The Unsung Caribbean Roots of the Vegan Food Movement
While eating a plant-based diet is often presented as a White, millennial fad that accompanies gentrification, Black people have a long and rich tradition of plant-based eating.
Why Reparations Are About More Than Money
Addressing histories of mass violence have to include both material reparations and public and visible symbolic gestures.
Protesting Shouldn鈥檛 Be Banned at the Olympics
Athletes continue to be punished for speaking out at the Olympics. But that鈥檚 contrary to the celebration of intercultural connections that the Olympics are supposed to represent.
What Critical Race Theory Is鈥攁nd What It Isn鈥檛
Critical race theory is more patriotic than those who are opposed to it because its framers believe in the promises of equality.
On July 4, We Need to Prioritize Interdependence. Our Future Depends on It.
This fraught holiday is a time to hold the truth that we need each other to survive and thrive.
An Independence Day Reflection
Nearly 160 years after Frederick Douglass first delivered his iconic address 鈥淲hat to the Slave is the Fourth of July?,鈥� his questions and challenges are as relevant as ever.
How 鈥淪olitary Gardens鈥� Help Envision a World Without Prisons
Volunteers team up with people currently held in solitary confinement to build empathy, compassion, and advocacy for a world without prisons.
Finding Joy in the Struggle
Embracing joy as part of our everyday lives can expand our ability to heal ourselves and our communities.
Preserving Black Historical Resorts Is a Radical Act
Why don鈥檛 we know more about joyful Black spaces?
How Relationships Can Turn Faith Leaders Into LGBT Allies
A grassroots group in Kenya has found a slow-but-effective formula for converting anti-LGBT faith leaders into LGBT advocates.
Why Juneteenth Matters for White People, Too
The same ethical failing that allowed White people to enslave Africans continues today with indifference to continued Black suffering. It鈥檚 time to say 鈥渆nough.鈥�
Juneteenth Reminds Us That Reparations Are Due
Observances and paid holidays alone can鈥檛 fix the problems caused by White supremacy.
On Board with Queer Labor and Racial Solidarity
It was okay to be gay in the Marine Cooks and Stewards. And in the 1940s, MCS integrated to become one of the most progressive unions in the United States.
When Data Privacy Becomes a Subject of Faith
Most apps collect and store data. Now some Muslim developers are trying to keep that practice consistent with the tenets of Islam.
10 World-Changing Protests You Should Know About
People are taking to the streets to resist repression, from the U.S. to Japan.
My Suffering Is Not for Sale
We must redistribute wealth and not look at it as a favor, but a call to action
Calling Foul on Laws Targeting Trans Athletes
Exclusionary laws banning transgender youth from team sports are not only unsportsmanlike, they鈥檙e also rooted in falsehoods, says this trans journalist.
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