civil rights

Featured Podcast: “La Brega” Dissects the Colonial Diaspora

Portrait of a short haired Latine woman with dangling earrings and a red shirt on. In front of her is the logo for La Brega, which shows a black and white illustration of a house on an island with the Puerto Rican flag and a palm tree.
by Rosa Cartagena
April 1, 2022 at 10:42am
A Puerto Rican history podcast speaks to the unique experiences of an irrepressible and resilient community.

Refresh and Rebuild: Plotting the Future of New York’s Most Conservative Borough

by Andrea Ruggirello
December 17, 2021 at 1:32pm
“We get a bad narrative that it’s Trumpville, that it’s racist,” Jasmine Robinson, who moved to Staten Island from the Bronx when she was 17, tells Bitch. “That’s not all of Staten Island.”  Read more »
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Freedom Fighters: Are Better Days Ahead in Palestine?

by Reina Sultan
November 30, 2021 at 10:39am
Palestinians’ will to free themselves from Israeli occupation is as strong as ever. Read more »
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White Lies: How Democrats React to Kyle Rittenhouse's Acquittal Matters

by Madiba K. Dennie
November 22, 2021 at 3:20pm
Encouragements to “just vote” tell a grieving country that we can be saved by continuing to do something that hasn’t saved us yet. Read more »
Author Keisha N. Blain is pictured, she is a Black woman with braids wearing black-rimmed glasses. Next to her headshot are three other images, two that picture activist Fannie Lou Hamer, a Black woman, speaking. The final image is of Blain's book cover.

Tell It Like It Is: Fannie Lou Hamer Sounded the Alarm on Forced Sterilization

by Bitch HQ
October 5, 2021 at 11:34am
Hamer was the first civil rights activist during the 1960s to openly address forced sterilization. Read more »
Anita Hill, a Black woman with short, black hair smiles against a gray backdrop

“This Is Not That Bad”: An Excerpt from Anita Hill's “Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence”

by Bitch HQ
September 28, 2021 at 12:08pm
How do three simple words—“not that bad”—become so powerful? Read more »
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Sorry Isn’t for Suckers: Re-evaluating the Role of Political Apologies

by s.e. smith
July 25, 2019 at 9:50am
Delivering a good apology might take some practice, but doing so shows strength and a willingness to grow. Read more »
Esther Hobart Morris, the first female Justice of the Peace in the United States

Suffragette City: The Reluctant, History-Making story of Wyoming’s Esther Morris

by Meghan O'Dea
March 19, 2019 at 2:14pm
“Although I have often regretted I was not better qualified to fill the position,” she wrote, “like all pioneers, I have labored in faith and hope.” Read more »
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Adventures in Feministory: Fannie Lou Hamer

by Kjerstin Johnson
February 8, 2019 at 9:00am
Fannie Lou Hamer is often overlooked despite her staggering contributions to social change. Read more »
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Whoa, Canada: Toronto Can’t Be Tech’s City of the Future until It Reckons with Its Past

by Adwoa Afful
January 15, 2019 at 3:00pm
Toronto’s rebranding efforts obscure how many of its long-term residents of color continue to experience the city. Read more »
Illustration by artist Micah Bazant featuring a midnight blue sky with little white stars. Below is a log with mushrooms growing out of it in multiple shapes and colors. ‘Text reads: Resistance & Hope, Essays by Disabled People, Edited by Alice Wong

Brave New World: “Resistance and Hope” Offers a New Vision of Disability Activism

by Sandy Ho
December 31, 2018 at 3:50pm
These compassionate essays can guide the next stage of resistance—no matter who is in office or what party controls Congress. Read more »

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