social justice
Material Acts: Chilean Embroiderers Record Memory Stitch-by-Stitch
From a piece of a baby’s onesie, one woman imagines a banner. From the ragged scrap of a dress, another imagines a downtown protest. Using bits and pieces of fabric, these embroiderers construct elaborate scenes from their everyday lives and their country’s history.
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Fear of an Immigrant Nation: How Many Generations Until We Are Considered Americans?
When there are no imagined external threats left to blame a country’s problems on, who will count as American then?
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My President Loves to Read
When Obama talks about the power and meaning that he has gleaned from books, I hear the words of every person I’ve ever known who loves to read.
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Serena Williams Got Engaged to Reddit's Cofounder: Why Bigots, Black Men, and Feminists Care
At some point during the past decade, Hollywood decided that mixed couples just aren’t controversial anymore. The reality tells a different story.
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Jeff Sessions is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Jeff Sessions’s strategy at his confirmation hearing was to approach every question with a nice voice and a smile, praise for his questioners, careful phrasing, and a conveniently foggy memory.
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Bad Things Milo Yiannopoulos Has Done, In Case His New Publisher Cares (Just Kidding, They Totally Don't Care)
While I wish this book deal was a stunt, a mainstream book publisher actually believes Yiannopoulos’s words are worth publishing.
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Some of Us are Brave: An Aesop's Fable for Democrats
If the Democratic Party walks away from social justice, marginalized Americans will lose and so will the party.
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Birds, Bees, and Beyond : Toward More Inclusive Sex Ed in India
Sex education isn’t simply being able to name body parts and processes, or learning about reproduction. It’s also crucial for teaching young people about respect, boundaries, and self-advocacy
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When the Past is Present: Documentary "After Fire" is a Nuanced Portrait of Women Veterans
After Fire is a sensitive and nuanced portrait of women’s pain: It does not define its subjects by their pain, but neither does it deny their pain or require them to qualify, perform, or justify that pain.
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"No More Heroes": Jordan Flaherty’s New Book Excavates the Deep Roots of the White Savior Industrial Complex
Our capitalist system supports and rewards saviorism, which we can help uproot by supporting movements led by the people most impacted by the issues being addressed.
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