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A (Personal) Written Speech on Racism & Anti-Blackness
Featured Artwork: Shirien Damra 6.13.20 Hi. I’m Na’ilah. A lot of y’all know me as Nailah — minus the Arabic pronunciation —…
NA'ILAH WILLIAMS
EMPOWERMENT, POLITICS
Black Lives More Than Matter
Featured Image: Minnesota Historical Society The recent developments in this country have shed light on a harrowing reality: there are two different…
PAUL MARSH
POLITICS
We’re All Racist
Featured Artwork: Chelsea Beck Why Legal Reform Alone Is Not Enough You might have read the title of this article and immediately…
AMY NGUYEN
CULTURE, POLITICS
Between the World and Me: A book by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Featured Image: The Atlantic Have you ever felt fearful of your body growing up? Have you ever felt unsettled with your own…
USRAAT FAHMIDAH
POLITICS
Yemen: Why The World Needs To Wake Up
Yemen, the country once known as the land of the happy and fortunate is far from its pre-existing glory.  The Yemeni Civil…
ZAINEB SHARIF
CULTURE, POLITICS
Combating Anti-Black Racism Within Latinx Communities
Featured Artwork: Brittany Holloway As tensions erupt across the globe, the Latinx community has shown solidarity by demanding the end of racism…
MARIA ALONSO
CULTURE, POLITICS
The Breath That Connects Us
Featured Artwork: Feroze Alam In the same week that George Floyd was so callously killed by a police officer in Minneapolis, I…
NADIA KAMIES
POLITICS
Are The Filipino People Truly Free?
Featured Artwork: Thea Torres On June 12th, the Philippines celebrates its 122nd year of independence: a feat we achieved thanks to our…
ANGEL MARTINEZ
CULTURE, POLITICS
On Being Black in America Amid Current Events
Featured Image: Hollie Adams for Teen Vogue Living while Black. That was the only crime many Black men committed before being brutally…
NA'ILAH WILLIAMS
CULTURE, POLITICS
Ava DuVernay’s “13th” Explained
Directed by Ava DuVernay, 13th is a documentary that explores the thirteenth amendment of the constitution. This 1965 amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude,…
HANNAH WYMAN
CULTURE, POLITICS
The Problem with Performative Activism
Featured Image: University Press On June 2, many awoke to black squares partnered with #BlackoutTuesday flooding their Instagram feeds. These posts came at the heels of…
HANNAH WYMAN
CULTURE, POLITICS
Colourism and Racism from the Perspective of a South-Asian
Featured Artwork: Ojo Agi Lupita Nyong’o once famously said, “Colourism is the daughter of racism.” Why is it relevant, you ask? Being…
USRAAT FAHMIDAH

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