The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Orchids By Katy Kelleher Feature Sometimes a flower is just a flower, and sometimes it’s a powerful vehicle for giving free rein to our worst colonialist and misogynist impulses.
Queens of Infamy: Njinga By Anne Thériault Feature The Portuguese colonizers of West Central Africa learned it the hard way: you mess with the Queen of Ndongo and Matamba at your own peril.
Coming Home, One Word at a Time By Sharanya Deepak Feature Upon returning to India, a course in Urdu helps Sharanya Deepak embrace the rich and turbulent history of her native country.
Appropriation in the Land of Enchantment By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In New Mexico, cultural appropriation by newcomers is fueling Indigenous activism over colonialism and property rights.
The Island that Disappeared By Aaron Gilbreath Feature An Englishman searches for what’s left of Providence, a failed Puritan colony in the Caribbean.
Jesus Is Everywhere in Port-au-Prince, but So Is Vodou By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Violent tensions have existed between Haiti’s Vodouisants and missionary Christians for centuries.
