“We’d denounce the marches and torches and chants. When that moment passed, we’d continue to live with the ghosts of our country’s peculiar legacy.”
Charlottesville
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Story
Little Führers Everywhere
Vegas Tenhold spent six years covering the disorganized chaos of hate groups, and watched as they began to gather around a few media savvy voices.
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I Want to Persuade You to Care About Other People
After successfully convincing her conservative, Jewish grandfather that affirmative action is necessary and valid, Danielle Tcholakian commits to trying to get through to people who think differently than she does — as a journalist, and as a person in the world.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Quotes
‘Is This Gonna Happen Every Day in Charlottesville?’
A black mother wrestles with having to explain the violence in Charlottesville to her six-year-old daughter.
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Talking to My Daughter About Charlottesville
“Once your children know that even one person detests their bones and breath, they know.”
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews
How Can Alt-Right Women Exist in a Misogynistic Movement?
An interview with Seyward Darby about her Harper’s cover story on gender dynamics within the alt-right.
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events, Nonfiction
Tech Companies Are (Maybe) Ready to Punch Nazis Now
Some tech companies are taking a stand against neo-Nazi users, but claim it’s a still dangerous decision to make.
Posted inNonfiction, Op-Ed
What Thomas Jefferson Taught Me About Charlottesville and America
University of Virginia grad Joshua Adams believes that if you want to understand the recent violence there, look back at history and the school’s complicated founder.
Posted inNonfiction, Op-Ed, Story
What Thomas Jefferson Taught Me About Charlottesville and America
University of Virginia grad Joshua Adams believes that if you want to understand the recent violence there, look back at history and the school’s complicated founder.
Posted inEditor's Pick
“We Just Feel Like We Don’t Belong Here Anymore”
Think it’s hard for the white working class in rural America? Try being a person of color.