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Slanted Star Shirley Chen Admits the Movie Is 'Hard to Watch' at Times
Chen plays Joan, an Asian high schooler in the U.S. who undergoes surgery to become white.
By Tabitha Yuen
Digital Blackface Is Back in the Form of Black AI Influencers
It's part of “the fantasy of being able to own, define, and consume Blackness without consequence.”
By Zeba Blay
Love Island USA's Olandria Carthen and Huda Mustafa Livestream Scandal and its Fallout, Explained
Where does Huda Beauty fit into all of this?
By Arimeta Diop
From North West to Blue Ivy: Let Young Black Girls Play With Fashion
This onus is not on young Black girls. They deserve to have fun with fashion.
By Aiyana Ishmael
He Wants to Go Into Politics Someday. Trump Admin Cuts Just Got in the Way
"For them to close down all these programs, that essentially told me that I wasn't cared about.”
By Sierra Lyons
College Students and Faculty Resist Trump’s “Free Speech” Funding Scheme
Nine universities across the country were given a test of loyalty from the Trump administration. Now, students are demanding their schools not sign the president’s 10-point compact agreement.
By Paige Oamek and Lex McMenamin
How The Trump Admin's Attack on Higher Education and DEI Are Impacting Campuses
Several colleges throughout the United States have eliminated funding, offices, and even staff associated with "DEI" — inspired in part by the Trump administration’s bluster.
By Mary Retta
Police Departments Surveilled Activists in the 1960s and 70s — and Erased The Records
"Just as police tracked civil rights, Black Power, feminist, and anti-war protesters in the 1960s and ‘70s, today they snoop on organizers taking a stand against ICE, Israel’s war on Palestine, and Atlanta’s Cop City."
By Joshua Clark Davis
Black Fashion Leaders Are Still Carrying the Diversity Push From 2020. What Happened?
“It’s 10 steps forward, but maybe two steps back and then five steps forward again.”
By Aiyana Ishmael
Assata Shakur Was a Black Revolutionary Who Fought for Freedom Even in Exile
“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”
By Marian Jones
Inside Gen Z Candidate Kat Abughazaleh's Viral ICE Rally Tear-Gassing: "Fascism 101"
“If they are willing to do this to a congressional candidate in front of a bunch of press, imagine what they're doing behind boarded-up windows.”
By Maia McDonald
Trey Reed: NAACP, Politicians Call for Investigation Into Hanging Death
The body of 21-year-old Demartravion "Trey" Reed was found on September 15. The family is calling for an independent autopsy.
By Lex McMenamin
Black Girls Won't Be Safe Until We Finally Let Them Be Children
Adultification bias steals innocence from Black girls, and it can have devastating consequences.
By Chanel Dupree and Jazmine Wilson
Why Lil Nas X's Arrest Is More Proof Police Have No Business Treating the Mentally Ill
"Police generally aren’t trained or qualified to respond to mental health crises."
By Lex McMenamin
We Were Adopted Thanks to China’s Overpopulation Policies. These Are Our Stories.
160,000 Chinese children were adopted by families across the world since this policy went into effect in 1992.
By Isabella KahnPhotography by Isabella Kahn
Cierra Ortega's Apology Validates Asians Who Told You She Used a Slur
The Love Island USA star's controversy proves how many people still shrug off anti-Asian hate.
By Kaila Yu
What the 2020 Protests Can Teach Us About Protesting Today
“It is up to us to change everything. But, against the doomers, I believe in this moment we may be uniquely poised to do so.”
By Lex McMenamin
Doechii Slams Trump’s ‘Ruthless’ Military Attacks Against LA Protesters at BET Awards
“We all deserve to live in hope and not in fear, and I hope we stand together.”
By Mathew Rodriguez
Trump’s DEI Purge Is Erasing Civil Rights History Across the South
Museums are facing budget cuts and censorship.
By India Nye Wenner
How the George Floyd Protests Prepared Us for This Moment of State Violence
Our collective actions are part of an ongoing struggle and resistance, not a final resting place.
By Olayemi Olurin