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Donald Trump’s Criminal Justice Agenda Is a Front
He pardoned violent January 6 offenders and is criminalizing vulnerable immigrants.
By Scott Hechinger and Andrew Kornfeld
Canada Isn’t the Progressive Dreamland Americans Think It Is
Canada is slashing the number of spots available to immigrants.
By John Loeppky
7 of the Most Bizarre, Unnerving Incidents at Recent Trump Events
Like dancing for 39 minutes straight at a rally.
By Ashleigh Carter
This Is the Real History of Columbus Day
The holiday was a response to the mistreatment of Catholic Americans.
By Melissa E. Marinaro
Young Haitians Are Fed Up With All the Racist Lies and Fearmongering
“I'm talking about first-graders whose friends want to know if they eat cats at home.”
By Caroline Val
Black Studies Has Helped Me Understand My Chinese Family
Rather than “indoctrinating” me, it’s done the exact opposite.
By Isabella Zou
My Dad Was Falsely Charged With Being a Spy for China
“I have seen firsthand the harms the US government’s national security fears can cause.”
By Joyce Xi
The Ugly History of Xenophobia in the United States
Xenophobia offers “a very simple answer. It secures a common enemy.”
By Fortesa Latifi
How the U.S. Unfairly Targeted Chinese Professors
The controversial China Initiative only formally ended in February.
By Celeste Pewter
The School Shooting That History Forgot
In 1989, five Southeast Asian children were killed in a California schoolyard.
By Taylor Weik
3 Asian American Community Activists Share What Safety Looks Like to Them
In light of ongoing anti-Asian violence.
By Julie Ae Kim
The United States Doesn’t Care About Black Immigrants
Protections were swiftly granted to Ukrainians. Black immigrants whose countries are in crisis need them too.
By Danyeli Rodriguez Del Orbe
The AAPI Community Isn’t a Political Pawn for Anti-Black Policies
More police funding isn't stopping anti-Asian hate crimes.
By Michelle Ming
It’s So Easy Not to Make Xenophobic BTS Jokes
Jimmy Kimmel needs to find some new material.
By P. Claire Dodson
This Model Turned Activist Got Tired of Being Silenced
Jeannie Jay Park says she’s been tokenized and sexualized her entire career.
By Sara Li
Teen Vogue’s 10 Best Op-eds of 2021
These are the stories that got readers talking.
By Teen Vogue Staff
The White Supremacist ‘Great Replacement Theory’ Has Deep Roots
It’s been around for centuries in different forms.
By Reece Jones
Puerto Rico Must Determine Its Own Political Future
Colonization is not just part of our past; it’s our everyday reality.
By Alexandra-Marie Figueroa Miranda
This Term Explains Persistent Stereotypes of Asian Cultures
From bindis at Coachella to Bridgerton’s romanticized imperialism.
By Namrata Verghese