Activism

What Just Happened? : From Fake News to Real Bullets

by Bitch HQ
June 29, 2018 at 1:16pm
We all knew this would eventually happen. Read more »
An image of a detention center for immigrants at the border.

What Just Happened? : Family Separation, Government Gaslighting

by Bitch HQ
June 20, 2018 at 12:40pm
If you live in the United States, the Trump administration is carrying out these tactics in your name. Don’t let them.  Read more »
Trans activist Reina Gossett illustrated by Jessica De Jesus

Reparations as Revenge: Reina Gossett Wants Her Just Due

by Raquel Willis
June 12, 2018 at 10:11am
It takes me being in space with other Black trans people to have a collective imagination around reparations. Read more »
an illustration of six rows of prison bars with Bill Cosby, a Black man, at the end

The Prison Paradox: Ending Mass Incarceration in the Age of Cosby

by Jenn Jackson
May 24, 2018 at 12:00am
It’s time to rethink accountability. Read more »
Puja Mohindra as Geeta in Geeta's Guide To Moving On

Wobbling Toward Recovery: “Geeta’s Guide To Moving On” Subverts Self-Discovery Tropes

by Nicole Froio
April 25, 2018 at 11:18am
Geeta’s Guide to Moving On excludes whiteness from the breakup and self-discovery narrative. Read more »

Gun Violence is Gun Violence: Two Students on What’s Changed After Parkland and What Hasn’t

by Jacklynn Blanchard
April 20, 2018 at 10:36am
Of her eight classes, Kenidra Woods only feels safe in one. Read more »
Black students from Majory Stoneman Douglas

More Than Checking Privilege: The Gun Debate Has To Get Serious About Race

by Jenn Jackson
April 19, 2018 at 3:03pm
The tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School didn’t only affect white students. Read more »

Sometimes it Snows in April: The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Still Echoes Through Today’s Gun Violence Activists

by Joshunda Sanders
April 17, 2018 at 11:20am
For decades, April has marked a somber commemoration in the annals of gun violence, and this month is no exception. Read more »
Housing Is a Human Right sign at a 2005 Republican National Convention protest in New York City

There Goes the Neighborhood: Can YIMBYs Reverse the Impact of Gentrification?

by s.e. smith
March 19, 2018 at 4:19pm
In cities with crunched markets, many people still can’t afford to buy or rent. Read more »
Alicia Garza

7 Women of Color Activists Who Are Making History

by Evette Dionne
March 13, 2018 at 7:36am
Women of color activists are relying on collaboration as a leadership model for progress. Read more »

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Sister Soldiers: On Black Women, Police Brutality, and the True Meaning of Black Liberation

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by Tasha Fierce
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Unless you’re looking for their names, you won’t find the stories of all Black women shot and killed by police officers in the past five years in the discourse surrounding police reform. Read more »

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by Kjerstin Johnson
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by Leela Ginelle
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