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Confronting Gentrification in Our Favorite Cities
I don’t live in Miami anymore, but my longing for the city has consumed me ever since I left last year. The appeal of urban life has only grown stronger…
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Increased Policing Won’t Stop Attacks Against Asians, But Abolition Can
84-year-old Thai immigrant Vicha Ratanapakdee was the victim of a fatal attack on the morning of January 28th in Oakland. He never regained consciousness after being violently shoved to the…
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“Malcolm & Marie” Is a Horror Film: Black Trauma As Entertainment
Sam Levinson’s Malcolm & Marie depicts violence in a way many women can recognize: a simple argument escalates into abuse. When the eponymous lovers return home following the premiere of…
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Blind Worship and the Films of Quentin Tarantino
When you’re first getting into film, you tend to hear the same names repeated over and over again: Fincher, Scorsese, and, most of all, Tarantino. As a young cinephile, I…
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“Minari” Is An American Film
When South Korean director Bong Joon-ho accepted Parasite’s Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, he famously said, “Once you overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced…
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Trump’s America Is Nothing New, But I Hope We Learn From It.
Since Trump was elected in 2016, I’ve heard a lot of people describe his presidency as a necessary evil. Feigning optimism, they assert that maybe the United States needed to…
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Breonna and Brutality: Why Aren’t Black Women Receiving Justice?
Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American woman and medical worker from Louisville, Kentucky, was shot and killed by armed police officers during a botched drug raid on her apartment. Only one…
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