How lead contaminated the soil under East Chicago’s black and Latino communities.
racism
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.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
The Making of a Black Fortune
America’s first black millionaires were born into slavery — and built wealth alongside political power.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Politics as a Defense Against Heartbreak
Minda Honey’s first in an original Longreads series on dating as a black woman in these times. Here, she assesses the deliberate choices and external factors affecting her romantic life.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Politics as a Defense Against Heartbreak
Minda Honey assesses the deliberate choices and external factors affecting her dating life.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
Politics as a Defense Against Heartbreak
Minda Honey assesses the deliberate choices and external factors affecting her dating life.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Recovering My Fifth Sense
In this personal essay, Kavita Das recalls learning to self-advocate as a patient with a cleft palate — and as a child in a family full of doctors.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Dangers of Renting While Black in Gentrifying Cities
Joseph Williams reports on the increasing vulnerability of renters like himself.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Conversation I’ve Been Dreading: Ijeoma Oluo Talks About Race with Her Mom
An essay excerpted from So You Want to Talk About Race in which Ijeoma Oluo writes about a messy, uncomfortable, and important conversation she had with her white mother about race and racism.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Changing My Mind About Pig’s Feet and Cornrows
Dara Lurie reflects on what she discovered about her own racism while living at a state-run home for disadvantaged children.