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White People, Why Is It So Hard to Dump Your Racist Friends?

Following the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement became more powerful than ever. The country reached its boiling point: the streets were…

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COVID-19 and the Prison Industrial Complex

It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted people of color and poor people, both in their likelihood of losing employment and in contracting the virus. These impacts…

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“WitchTok” and the New Wave of Political Spirituality

TikTok has become the home of modern witchcraft, with more and more “baby witches” joining “WitchTok” every day. United by an interest in the occult, these self-proclaimed witches will post…

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Streetwear and Its Roots in Black Culture

Before fatally shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in 2012, neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman told the 911 dispatcher that the young man in “a dark hoodie, a gray hoodie” was a “suspicious…

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Being Latinx Has Nothing to Do With BLM

I love my culture. Simply put: I’m proud to be Mexican. I take pride in my identity as a Mexican-American and try to use my perspective as a person of…

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Ethical Online Shopping: Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

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The Bastardization of Black Lives Matter

It’s been four months since George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Four months since the Third  Precinct  building of the  Minneapolis Police Department was set on fire. Four months…

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Recovering from Cyber Justice Burnout

I’m sure you’ve stumbled across your fair share of posts with captions like, “Even though my timeline has gone back to normal, Black Lives Still Matter!” And then there are…

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An Elementary Look Into Abolition

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How to Be Anti-Racist When Everyone Is White

I’ll never forget how it felt leaving my predominantly Black school in Kenya for an overwhelmingly white one overseas. During my first few weeks, I’d furrow my brows in every…

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COVID-19 and the Prison Industrial Complex

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Online Fatigue and the Myth of the Digital Detox

10 WLW Films That Aren’t White Period Dramas

2020 Is My Year of Online Vanity

To Peg or Not to Peg—That is the Question

Streetwear and Its Roots in Black Culture

Being Latinx Has Nothing to Do With BLM

Ethical Online Shopping: Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

Trending posts

Online Fatigue and the Myth of the Digital Detox

10 WLW Films That Aren’t White Period Dramas

2020 Is My Year of Online Vanity

To Peg or Not to Peg—That is the Question

The Bastardization of Black Lives Matter

An Elementary Look Into Abolition

Trending posts

Online Fatigue and the Myth of the Digital Detox

10 WLW Films That Aren’t White Period Dramas

2020 Is My Year of Online Vanity

To Peg or Not to Peg—That is the Question

How to Be Anti-Racist When Everyone Is White

Online Fatigue and the Myth of the Digital Detox

10 WLW Films That Aren’t White Period Dramas

2020 Is My Year of Online Vanity

To Peg or Not to Peg—That is the Question

Why I’m Still Dressing Up for Zoom School

8 Women Open Up About Being in Age-Gap Relationships

Everything You Need to Know About Amy Coney Barrett

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