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THE COST OF COOL
On Do the Right Thing, THIRD SPACES, shade equity, and why Black communities are still fighting for air—literally and politically.
Jul 1
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THE MUSEUM WAS NEVER NEUTRAL
Even in Ruin, We Bloom.
Jun 10
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Beyoncé is the Wiz
An essay on spectacle, silver boots, and the rituals we keep paying for.
Jun 4
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Blood in The Ledger: From Slave Markets to Stock Portfolios
From slavery-backed banks to finance-bound seniors, the pipeline is still soaked in power and profit.
May 28
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Blood in The Ledger: From Slave Markets to Stock Portfolios
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From Legacy to Liability: The Crisis of Capitalist Imitation Among Black Women in Power
How Billionaire Dreams Are Betraying Black Feminist Legacies
May 23
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From Legacy to Liability: The Crisis of Capitalist Imitation Among Black Women in Power
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The White Woman and I
An Essay About the White Women Who Would’ve Let Me Burn (hopefully not my girlies <3)
May 20
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NEW MASTERS, OLD GHOSTS
Kerry James Marshall’s Souvenir I, the Civil Rights afterlife, and the burden of telling Black stories out loud.
May 17
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NEW MASTERS, OLD GHOSTS
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BLACK AMERICANA——Stylish and Sublime
Guest post by 6th National Youth Poet Laureate Alyssa Gaines. What The Met theme encourages us to consider about African-Americanness, the South, and…
May 10
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All Power to the Watched
A Living History of Surveillance, Protest, and Black Countersight
May 6
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Heavy is The Inheritance
How Black families turn memory, movement, and Mondays into masterpieces.
Apr 28
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Pete Hegseth Is All of Us If We Were Loud, Wrong, and on TV
Proof that if you yell loud enough on cable, someone will give you the nuclear codes.
Apr 24
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Pete Hegseth Is All of Us If We Were Loud, Wrong, and on TV
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To Boldly Go (On an 11-Minute Joyride): Blue Origin’s All-Women Space Spectacle
Launch Party for the End Times!
Apr 14
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To Boldly Go (On an 11-Minute Joyride): Blue Origin’s All-Women Space Spectacle
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