A movement in Jackson, Mississippi is working to remake the way the city governs, feeds, and runs itself in order to serve the black community.
racism
Posted inNonfiction
On NYC’s Paratransit, Fighting for Safety, Respect, and Human Dignity
An incident on lawyer Britney Wilson’s ride home from work exposes her vulnerabilities as a Black disabled woman.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Op-Ed, Unapologetic Women
On NYC’s Paratransit, Fighting for Safety, Respect, and Human Dignity
An incident on lawyer Britney Wilson’s ride home from work exposes her vulnerabilities as a Black disabled woman.
Posted inEditor's Pick
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.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
I Want to Persuade You to Care About Other People
After changing her conservative grandfather’s mind about affirmative action, Danielle Tcholakian commits to trying to get through to people whose politics are very different from her own.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
I Want to Persuade You to Care About Other People
After changing her conservative grandfather’s mind about affirmative action, Danielle Tcholakian commits to trying to get through to people whose politics are very different from her own.
Posted inEditor's Pick
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, Quotes
Everyone’s Welcome, But Some People Are More Welcome Than Others
“Well, you might as well come and live with me now,” her employer said. “You gonna be mine eventually.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
What Thomas Jefferson Taught Me About Charlottesville, and America
A personal essay in which Joshua Adams, a Black graduate of the University of Virginia, traces the roots of the recent racist attack there back to UVA’s problematic but venerated founder, Thomas Jefferson.