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Removing These Barriers Will Let Black and Latinx Girls Lead

80% of Black girls said having a Black role model was important for them.

How We’re Taking on Anti-Black Racism in Puerto Rico

“We have been erased from our own history.”

Black Progress Has Always Been Met with Racist Backlash

We’ve seen this again and again throughout history.

Marni Apologizes for Controversial “Jungle Mood” Campaign

“Our oversights across the review process are unacceptable.”

Riverdale's Bernadette Beck Says Her Casting Was "Just to Fulfill Points”

Bernadette Beck is giving voice to her own experiences.

How White People Used Tuberculosis to Settle the Southwest

OG History is a Teen Vogue series where we unearth history not told through a white, cisheteropatriarchal lens.

White Supremacy Is the Problem

This is deeper than systemic racism.

‘Black-on-Black Crime’ Isn't a Thing

Enough with this racist talking point.

Black Journalists Hope Media's Racial Reckoning Can Create Change

“It’s about firing some people. ... Some people need to go.”

Trader Joe's Repledges to Completely Discontinue Racist Packaging

A teen-led petition called out the use of exoticized names.

Coded Language Is Part of Our Racist Education System

“When professionals glorify grit, they glorify trauma.”

Karens Being Karens: White Women Need to Stop Using the Term

“The second white women caught on, things became less fun.”

These Teens Support Black Lives Matter — But Their Parents Don’t

“The viewpoints I was raised with are so destructive.”

The U.S. Doesn’t Deserve to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday

We have had enough symbolic gestures.

Abolish Landlords: Housing Should Be a Human Right

The coming eviction crisis is a preventable disgrace.

Fatphobia and Racism Are Inextricably Linked

We need to consider that link when thinking about police violence.

‘OK Boomer’ Captures the Fight to Desegregate New York City Schools

How can we live together if we can’t even learn together?

The Electoral College Is Tied to Slavery

It was designed to grant slave states more influence.

The Trayvon Generation Is Leading the Fight for Black Lives

“Black youth are fed up.”

If Black Lives Matter, Then Black Living Must Also Matter

We must create a world where Black people can run, swim, drive, shop, rest, and live without fear.