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.
Generation Revolution
In her new book, Generation Revolution, Rachel Aspden offers a window into the Arab Spring through the millennials who experienced it.
Hidden Staffers: Why Diversity in Government Matters
Without proper racial representation, our government risks harming the people it’s supposed to serve.
Mapping Financial Opportunity Project Shows Poor and Black Communities Have Fewer Financial Service Providers
MFO compares the locations of banks and credit unions to payday lenders nationwide, down to the street level.
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.