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Maternal Depression May Reduce Empathy in Children
A new study examines maternal depression and early caregiving as long-term predictors of children’s empathy.
Protecting Basic Student Rights is No Longer a Federal Matter
A new Trump administration order will allow schools to decide whether or not to discriminate against transgender students.
Ava DuVernay’s ’13th’ and Its Lessons for the Resistance
The documentary offers blueprints for how all communities under threat of state violence can carve out their own cultural narratives.
Chance the Rapper, Christianity, and Blackness
Chance’s religion is precious, resilient in the same way an heirloom is, and inextricably linked to blackness.
Feminism Doesn’t Have to Be Comfortable for Everyone
The trickle-down equality that mainstream feminism advocates for isn’t enough—true equality demands that we be urgent and unyielding.
Hidden Staffers: Why Diversity in Government Matters
Without proper racial representation, our government risks harming the people it’s supposed to serve.
New Committee on Financing Early Care and Education with a Highly Qualified Workforce
On Black Male Vulnerability
Black men, usually seen as capable of being only one particular way, are complex and multidimensional—just like you.
The Million Meanings of Blackness
Being black in America is, at any given time, infuriating, exhausting, inherently political—but also joyful and inspiring.