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The “Anti-DEI Crusade” is Hurting Black women

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“Love, kissing, and more is so tied to sex and romance that those who are asexual and aromantic have to create a whole new language to describe our experiences.”

Being a bi grey asexual means continually redefining desire away from limiting social constructs

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Why Black pain will never disarm white supremacy

A nursing book was recalled in 2017 because of the racist way that it discussed pain; how it is felt, how it is interpreted, and how it should be understood by... more

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Mutual Aid is Inherently Antifascist

My maternal grandmother, Audrie, who was a second mother to me, was my first entrypoint in witnessing mutual aid in practice. She became a widow before the age of 21,... more

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Kendrick Lamar’s Unapologetic Blackness at Super Bowl LIX

Kendrick Lamar dominated the news cycle in 2024 not only with his ongoing feud with Aubrey “Drake” Graham, but also with the announcement that he would be headlining... more

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Making History Visible: The Practice of Remembering

Throughout my work creating collages, and scouring the web for meaningful art, I have found thousands of images of unidentified Black people. These photos of Black... more

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The Unpretty Everyday Practices of Prison Abolition

The man grabs her arm tightly and presses her against the gate, and in someone’s fantasy this, without context, might have been erotic. I want it to be—for her sake,... more

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Resistance Against White Terrorism: Black gun ownership

by Donnie Moreland The first time I held a gun, I was afraid. The scenario was all too awkwardly cinematic to not be memorable. It was on a vacation with my mother to my... more

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Why Black pain will never disarm white supremacy

A nursing book was recalled in 2017 because of the racist way that it discussed pain; how it is felt, how it is interpreted, and how it should be understood by... more

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Mutual Aid is Inherently Antifascist

My maternal grandmother, Audrie, who was a second mother to me, was my first entrypoint in witnessing mutual aid in practice. She became a widow before the age of 21,... more

by Amber Butts

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Why Black pain will never disarm white supremacy

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Black Resistance: Examining the “1st” Free Black Town in the Americas

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The Symptoms of Capitalism

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‘Sing Sing’ (A24) | First Film Released in Theaters and Prisons Simultaneously

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Film Review of ‘Nickel Boys’ by Critic Robert Daniels

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Education

A New Education System without Police

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Religion

We are more than just good or bad: How the God of the Binary fails Black people

Decolonizing spirituality and learning to survive this world of inequitable structures and gross interpretations of the Word of God.

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Christian complacency has no place in Black liberation

The legacy of Christian Abolitionism

When the Ancestors tell you to go to therapy

How I use ancestor veneration to navigate my Mother’s Death

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Gender-and-sexuality

Three Ways to Love Black

Benji Heart explores being Black and Queer and examines the depths of what it means to be "a hard people to love."

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How Black Mirror’s “Striking Vipers” episode failed bisexual men & trans women

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On being queer and mourning the loss of straight male friendships

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Making History Visible: The Practice of Remembering

Throughout my work creating collages, and scouring the web for meaningful art, I have found thousands of images of unidentified Black people. These photos of Black... more

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