Culture The Complicated and Still Relevant History of Citizenship and Constitution Day President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed, in 1940, a law declaring the third Sunday in May “I Am an American Day.” The Jessi-James Grey Posted on September 17, 2020
Relationships Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month Content Note: this piece includes discussions of intimate partner violence among teens, as well as descriptions of personal Jessi-James Grey Posted on February 6, 2020
Books, Culture Can Reading Be Hopeful in an Age of Cynicism? Andrew Hartley is used to pissing people off. The author of 21 published books in multiple genres, Andrew’s work spans ghost Kerra Bolton Posted on July 24, 2019
Culture Sweatpants & Equality | Activism is a Practice – Own Your Ugly: Telling the Truth About Your Biases I am ugly sometimes when it comes to conversations about race. This morning I was mean to two white people who didn’t Kerra Bolton Posted on June 28, 2017
Culture Sweatpants & Equality | Happy Loving Day, from my Family to Yours Love is not black or white. It’s not meant to be a fight. A right that was stolen in the middle of the night. A demonstration Guest Author Posted on June 11, 2017
Culture Sweatpants & Equality | Audre Lorde: Warrior Poet “Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought.” —Audre Lorde, “Poetry Is Not a Luxury” Born on Jessi-James Grey Posted on February 17, 2017
Essays Why I Need Black History Month By Taryn Neal I am black history. It’s not just February; it’s every day because my rich, vibrant, and beautiful history Guest Author Posted on February 29, 2016