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Monumental Shifts Stonebreakers explores what it means to remove statues that honor historic鈥攁nd ongoing鈥攊njustice in the U.S.
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Monumental Shifts

The demands of the racial justice uprisings of 2020 were never solely about policing. Stonebreakers (Awen Films, 2022), a documentary that chronicles the battles over historical memory that emerged during
James Tracy    |   Sep 4, 2024
Fran Murphy's illustration of a book with a vampire on the left page, and 'House of Aunts' on the right page

Revamped

What the evolution of vampire fiction tells us about modern society.
S.E. Smith    |   May 18, 2023
An illustration shows four Indian faces wearing headscarves of red, orange, pink, and yellow. The faces are set against a green pyramid that goes from light to dark, mirroring the caste pyramid infographic displayed in the article.

Confronting Caste

A Dalit American leader offers a profound meditation on the violence of caste apartheid, pathways to abolition, and collective healing.
Sonali Kolhatkar    |   Nov 21, 2022

Shortchanging Harriet

From Doodle to a future $20 bill, Harriet Tubman is a cultural icon. But comforting images don鈥檛 show the disabled Black woman who was not only a guide, but a freedom fighter.
Treva B. Lindsey    |   Nov 21, 2022
Activism

On Becoming a Somatic Abolitionist

Resmaa Menakem intersperses political commentary and predictions about American democracy with explanations of how racialized trauma presents in our bodies, and offers body-focused exercises to deal with it.
Ruth Terry    |   Aug 16, 2022

Degrowth Gains Ground

Degrowth invites us to envision a much deeper societal transition than simply swapping energy sources to maintain the status quo.
Jared Spears    |   Aug 16, 2022
Climate

Climate Debt and American Dreams

Bill McKibben has been a leading advocate for climate change action since he wrote the first popular book about global warming in 1989. In his new memoir, 鈥淭he Flag, The Cross and the Station Wagon,鈥� he connects the climate crisis to his suburban American boyhood and wonders 鈥淲hat the hell happened?鈥�
Larry Parks Daloz    |   May 18, 2022
Racial Justice

Why Not Pass?

鈥淭he Vanishing Half鈥� deals with the theme of racial 鈥減assing鈥� in the 1950s. Passing is different today, but still presents a choice between safety and authenticity.
Gila K. Berryman    |   May 18, 2022
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