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  • ‘BlacKkKlansman’ And The American Past That’s Still Present

    by Brett Riley
  • Disabled People Aren’t Your Feel-Good Stories

    by Jody Allard
  • How To Manage Anxiety In Trump’s America

    by Liz Greene
  • ‘Every Woman Gets A Label’: On HBO’s ‘Sharp Objects’

    by Chelsea Cristene
  • Why You Need To See The Mister Rogers Documentary

    By Brett Riley
    August 2, 2018

    At a time when so many of us, including me, are often reduced to screaming instead of listening, to fighting instead of loving, we need Fred Rogers’ example more than ever. In Morgan Neville’s astonishing documentary, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Fred Rogers, the host of the long-running children’s program Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, testifies before […]

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  • An Open Letter To Asia Argento: You Are The Rock

    By Amy Monticello
    July 19, 2018

    I’m angry at the world’s eagerness to see Tony as your rock instead of seeing you as the rock—for yourself and for all women. And I wish we were doing a better job of thanking you for it, Asia. Dear Asia Argento, Like millions of people far-flung across the globe, I am a rabid fan […]

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  • Two Friends Talk Race After 40 Years

    By Anna Murray
    July 16, 2018

    It strikes me there’s a reason she’s so easy to talk to about race: Practice. Like every person of color, she lives the issue day in and day out. “You thought they were all rednecks!” That’s my friend, Sheryl Jones, describing my 7th grade debut. It was 1977 and I had just arrived in Cincinnati from […]

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  • An Open Letter To Henry Cavill And Other Men ‘Afraid To Flirt’ In The #MeToo Era

    By Chelsea Cristene
    July 13, 2018

    No one is telling you not to flirt. We’re telling you not to be an oblivious, egocentric asshole while flirting. Dear Henry, I’ll admit that when I saw your name flicker across today’s headlines, I had to look up who you were. Please don’t be offended – I’ve never been into Superman. So because I […]

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  • Straw Bans Won’t Save The Planet, But They Will Harm Disabled People

    By Jody Allard
    July 11, 2018

    Disabled people with neurological, muscular, and movement disorders often rely on plastic straws to safely drink liquids. Far from “non-essential,” these straws provide a critical conduit for hydration. Seattle made news when it became the first major city to ban plastic straws July 1. Monday, Seattle-based company Starbucks announced that it too will eliminate plastic […]

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  • Nevertheless We Persisted: Marching Forward After The Primaries

    By Chelsea Cristene
    July 10, 2018

    As some people face losing their rights while other people look away, we will find ourselves at a crossroads. We will have to make decisions less by our political ideologies and more by our moral compasses. I remember when mass shootings started to become part of our everyday news cycle, when one of Trump’s first […]

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  • Most Of Us Aren’t Heroes

    By Lindsay King-Miller
    July 3, 2018

    In order to take real action against the stunning array of life-threatening emergencies that have always been part of the fabric of this nation, we must let go of the illusion that any single one of us can defeat them. It’s like standing in the doorway between two rooms, listening to conversations in both. In […]

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  • Why A Qipao Is More Than Just A Dress

    By Sarena Tien
    June 28, 2018

    It’s a cultural symbol, a proud manifestation of Chinese-American identity in a country that has painted painfully ignorant stereotypes of Asian-Americans. I never went to prom. I was too introverted, and I thought it was a ridiculous American tradition, so I never wore a qipao. But I did wear a qipao to my college’s Senior Gala, because […]

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