‘Our Stories Are Still Filtered Through Whiteness’
“White people still drive the narrative about Asian Americans. We have yet to have control over our own stories.”
Will We Ever Grasp the Enormity of the Pandemic?
“As long as we focus on deaths and statistics, the bigger story of Covid-19 will go untold.”
The Death and Life of the Greatest American City
“The city feels simultaneously attacked, abandoned, and bereft of competent leadership. It also feels very, very alive.” In an essay at GEN, Glynnis MacNicol explores New York City’s #NoFilter era.
‘Being Racist Is Not Against the Law’
A broken window and a gun led to the death of James Scurlock outside a bar in Omaha. The search for justice began, and another death followed.
The Unfinished Story of Emmett Till’s Final Journey
“Till was murdered 65 years ago. Sites of commemoration across the Mississippi Delta still struggle with what’s history and what’s hearsay.”
The End of Girlboss Is Here
“The girlboss didn’t change the system; she thrived within it. Now that system is cracking, and so is this icon of millennial hustle.”
The Evidence Against Her
He raped and tortured her for years. He had a gun; he “showed her diagrams of the human brain… the place that would allow her to live but without speech or memory. ‘Wouldn’t that be convenient, he said.'” She shot him, to save herself and her kids. And according to the prosecutor, jury, and judge, she’s a premeditated murderer who deserves her 20-year prison sentence.
The Harsh Future of American Cities
How Covid-19 could stop the move toward density and bustling urban centers.
An Anti-Gay Crusader and Her Gay Son Were Making It Work. Then Came Trump.
“A portrait of a modern family undone by the political zeitgeist.”
