racism
Inside Black Students’ Fight to Rename Robert E. Lee High School
The backlash at community meetings has been intense.
By Mia Uzzell
This SCOTUS Decision Changed the Story of School Integration
Yet 50 years after ‘Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg,’ U.S. schools remain racially segregated.
By Zachariah Sippy
Daunte Wright’s Death Proves We Don’t Need More Police Training
The officer who killed Wright was training a new colleague at the time.
By Jameelah Nasheed
The Georgia GOP Is Criminalizing My Work as a Voting Advocate
We are being punished for helping people vote.
By Evan Malbrough
This 13 Year Old ‘Accidental Activist’ Is Standing Up to AAPI Hate
Meet Ashlyn So.
By Christiana Lilly
Inside This City’s Historic Move to Provide Reparations
The funding comes from a tax on legal marijuana.
By Rita Omokha
The World Is Opening Back Up — Are We Ready for It?
Young people weigh in on the so-called “return to normal.”
By Neha Maqsood
Students at a Central London School Protest Against New “Racist” Dress Code
Students at Pimlico Academy have gone viral with their “we want change” chants.
By Sara Li
On BTS, Anti-Asian Racism, and Reliving Trauma
"By speaking out when they did, they amplified our voices at a time when media coverage was waning."
By Jae-Ha Kim
Florida, Georgia GOP Move to Criminalize Giving Water to Voters in Line
There are no words.
By Emily Bloch
BTS Shared Their "Grief and Anger" at Anti-Asian Violence and Racism
"We cannot put into words the pain of becoming the subject of hatred and violence for such a reason."
By Natasha Mulenga
"SNL" Star Bowen Yang Says People Need to "Fuel Up" and "Do More" to Stop Anti-Asian Racism
Online activism isn't enough.
By De Elizabeth
Abolishing the Police Is a Years-Long Fight
Author and abolitionist Mariame Kaba spoke to Teen Vogue about her life's work.
By Kandist Mallett
Hollywood Played a Role in Hypersexualizing Asian Women
“We become exotic objects of white male sexual desire."
By India Roby
Chicago Teens Stand Up to Environmental Racism on the South Side
"We are tired of the city treating us like a garbage can.”
By Trinity Amari Colón and Gregory Miller
Why Has There Never Been a Black Woman Governor?
“[I] still have to convince people to see me in a role that wasn’t built for me.”
By Jewel Wicker
Lana Condor, Eric Nam, and More Celebs Speak Out About Anti-Asian Hate
"To internalize racism at such a young age, in retrospect, warped my sense of normality.”
By Natasha Mulenga
Asian Women — Particularly Sex Workers — Face Deadly Myths About Who Is Worthy of Respect
In the case of the Atlanta shootings, racism and fetishization were lethal.
By Sara Li
Before Naomi and Serena, There Was Lucy Diggs Slowe
This Black woman tennis star was also a tireless civil rights champion.
By Gennette Cordova