A black mother wrestles with having to explain the violence in Charlottesville to her six-year-old daughter.
White Supremacy
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 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 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 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.
Posted inBlog Post, History, Nonfiction, Standout
A Look Back at the 1939 Pro-Nazi Rally at Madison Square Garden and the Protesters Who Organized Against It
Seventy-something years ago, another massive rally took place in the United States that featured a clash between protesters and white supremacists.
Posted inCurrent Events, Quotes
The Colorblind Whitewashers of American History
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw offers a sharp rebuke to those who would declare our country “post-racial.”
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Who and what are we really commemorating on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day? Ijeoma Oluo unpacks the myriad ways Dr. King’s story has been softened and re-written to weaken black activism and bolster white supremacy.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Exploitation Of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy By White Supremacy
“The Martin Luther King Jr. that we celebrate every year is no longer a man or a movement. The annual holiday is no longer a remembrance.”
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Quotes
‘My Name Is Emily, and I’m a White Supremacist.’
“The very foundations of my way of life are in white supremacy, and the list of microaggressions I have committed, and will no doubt continue to commit in spite of my “good intentions” for as long as I’m alive, is virtually endless.”