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structural racism

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Purging the Unhealthy Value System of the American Literary World

by Aaron Gilbreath December 16, 2019October 19, 2022

It’s time writers free themselves from concepts like “break out books” and “making it.”

Posted inBusiness, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story

Leaning In with Alex P. Keaton

by Nicole Cyrus December 5, 2019December 30, 2022

Born with serious CEO aspirations, Nicole Cyrus found her role model in a white kid from an ’80s sitcom.

Posted inNonfiction

Whiteness on the Couch

by Natasha Stovall August 12, 2019October 18, 2022

Clinical psychologist Natasha Stovall looks at the vast spectrum of white people problems, and why we never talk about them in therapy.

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story

Your Turn

by Longreads April 10, 2019October 19, 2022

Damon Young looks back at his family’s journey toward homeownership, and what that can really mean when you’re black in America.

Posted inBusiness, Culture, Food, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

How the U.S. Systematically Puts Black Farmers Out of Business

by Aaron Gilbreath November 7, 2018October 19, 2022

How America stacks the deck against black farmers.

Posted inCurrent Events, Story

A Frustrating Year of Reporting on Black Maternal Health

by Danielle Jackson June 13, 2018October 19, 2022

Stories of women of color dying of childbirth have dominated headlines — but little has been done to change postpartum care.

Posted inBooks, Fiction, Story

Masters of Contradiction

by Brittany Allen May 24, 2018October 19, 2022

Two new books offer fresh perspective on “Otherhood,” that condition in which characters do constant, exhausting battle — for the most part — inside their own heads.

Posted inCurrent Events, education, Nonfiction, Quotes

The Resegregation of Charlotte’s Public Schools

by Aaron Gilbreath April 3, 2018October 19, 2022

Charlotte, North Carolina, once embraced public school integration, but schools have become highly segregated again.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

The Dangers of Renting While Black in Gentrifying Cities

by Sari Botton January 24, 2018October 19, 2022

Joseph Williams reports on the increasing vulnerability of renters like himself.

Posted inEditor's Pick

My Editor Was Black

by Sari Botton December 14, 2017February 14, 2023

“Debut author Naima Coster on working with Morgan Parker, the whiteness of publishing, and literary self-determination.”

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