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Why the Plight of Immigrants Is a Humanitarian Issue We Can’t Afford to Ignore
Why the Plight of Immigrants Is a Humanitarian Issue We Can’t Affor...
Growing up in a culturally diverse immigrant family provides a unique viewpoint on the most pressing issues that we face as a society
Arturo Dominguez
May 16
An Epidemic After Another: Black Women & The Maternal Health Crisis
An Epidemic After Another: Black Women & The Maternal Health Crisis
While the medical industry is gradually addressing the existence of racism and unconscious bias, — we continue to fall victim at alarming…
Quintessa L. Williams
Apr 10
How Kendrick Lamar's "Euphoria" Teaches Drake About Black Culture
How Kendrick Lamar's "Euphoria" Teaches Drake About Black Culture
This discussion has been a long time coming
Allison Wiltz
May 1
Virginia Schools Restore Their Original Confederate Names
Virginia Schools Restore Their Original Confederate Names
The Hubris of the Lost Cause
William Spivey
May 13
How It’s Irrational to be Dismissive About the Potential End of Humanity
How It’s Irrational to be Dismissive About the Potential End of Hum...
Some people want the world to end
Michelle Teheux
May 16
Unjust and Unreasonable: How The United States Drafted White Citizens into a Policy of Apartheid
Unjust and Unreasonable: How The United States Drafted White Citize...
On November 30, 1973, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) adopted UN resolution 3068, The Convention on the Suppression and…
Ajah Hales
May 11
When You Lose a Good Friend to the Drug Life — You Never Forget
When You Lose a Good Friend to the Drug Life — You Never Forget
Inner city blues and the sad testament to society, parenting, and the government
Toya Qualls-Barnette
May 7
Two TV Genres I Refuse To Watch As A Black Person
Two TV Genres I Refuse To Watch As A Black Person
Hollywood really is a propaganda machine
Rod T. Faulkner
May 1
How America’s First Memorial Day Was Lost To Racist Gaps in Our History
How America’s First Memorial Day Was Lost To Racist Gaps in Our History
The “martyrs of the racecourse” whitewashed from our nation’s memory
Allison Wiltz
May 1, 2022
Life Has Taught Me You Can’t Be Too Big a Coward To Do the Right Thing
Life Has Taught Me You Can’t Be Too Big a Coward To Do the Right Thing
Don’t be so focused on the consequences of your action that you overlook the consequences of your non-action
Walter Rhein
Mar 26, 2023
Your Mysterious, Awkward, Beautiful Reproductive System
Your Mysterious, Awkward, Beautiful Reproductive System
A note to my “baby girl” self
Obinna Morton
Jul 16, 2021
These Are Their Stories
These Are Their Stories
Nada Chehade
May 17, 2021
5 Racist Phrases To Remove From Our Civil Discourse
5 Racist Phrases To Remove From Our Civil Discourse
The way we talk to each other impacts how we treat one another. So, let's unpack this
Allison Wiltz
Nov 2, 2021
Why We Never Learn About Successful Slave Revolts in School
Why We Never Learn About Successful Slave Revolts in School
The stories of enslaved people who liberated themselves should be told
Allison Wiltz
May 7, 2023
Being the Paper Bag
Being the Paper Bag
When your skin color is used as a measurement
Savannah Worley
Feb 4, 2022
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