racism
Uncovering the True Horrors of Indian Residential Schools
The bodies of thousands of Indigenous children have been discovered at schools in the U.S. and Canada.
By Ruth Hopkins
Black Women Like Me Beat Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville
My very existence is a challenge to white supremacy.
By Zyahna Bryant
Nikole Hannah-Jones Headed to Howard U After UNC Tenure Scandal
Ta-Nehisi Coates will join her as a new professor at the storied HBCU.
By Lucy Diavolo
This Teen Activist Is Keeping Philando Castile's Memory Alive
Semhar Solomon, 17, has championed a mural memorializing Castile’s murder.
By Kate Nelson
The Fearmongering About Rising Crime Has Got to Stop
We’ve heard this story before. More police are not the answer.
By Takenya Nixon Brail
The Historical Narrative About Geronimo Is All Wrong
He’s depicted as a savage or a sideshow character. That's not the real story.
By Ruth Hopkins
Black TikTokers Are Refusing to Choreo Meg Thee Stallion’s “Thot Shit”
"I’ve seen a lot of white content creators bank off discourse and conversations that Black activists & thought leaders have been having for ages all just to gain social capital."
By Stitch
Teachers See Bans on Discussing Race in School As a ‘Political Ploy’
“[Lawmakers] created a problem that did not exist.”
By Mary Retta
Colleges Need to Take Asian American Studies Seriously
Students and professors are fighting for major curriculum changes.
By Megan Cattel
The Mississippi Burning Murders Forced a Reckoning
The KKK’s murders of civil rights workers led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
By Alexa Stevens
What Does Juneteenth Mean to the Incarcerated?
More than 150 years after the end of slavery, the U.S. still mass imprisons Black men.
By Elsabet Franklin
Republicans Are Trying to Rewrite America’s Racist History
That’s what the “critical race theory” debate is really about.
By Jameelah Nasheed
What the Climate Justice Movement Really Wants
This isn’t about creating a “nicer version of green capitalism.”
By Jacqui Germain
The U.S. Needs a New Constitution
This is a less radical proposal than it may seem.
By Victoria Abraham
How Fetishization Impacts East Asian American Women
“If I had $1 for every comment about me being ‘exotic.’”
By Steffi Cao
The Confederate Flag: A Controversial Piece of American History
The rebel flag is a symbol of terror, torture, and oppression.
By Jameelah Nasheed
Black Immigrants Reconsidered Their Identities Amid Floyd Protests
“We all face the same injustice against a white supremacist system.”
By Zeina Mohammed
“iCarly” Fan Misogynoir is Part of a Larger Fandom Pattern
Laci Mosley isn’t the first to be harassed because people in a given fandom assumed she was replacing a white actress.
By Stitch