Stories Retold in Water and Tallow
Traditional buffalo hide painting memorializes matriarchs who lived their medicine.
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Ancestors in Focus
As the sun sets over the Collegiate Peaks in central Colorado, John Edward Graybill blacks out the windows of his kitchen, which doubles as his studio. A single beam of
How to Become a Good Relative
鈥淲e need more white relatives to face their own truth, though doing so may bring immense discomfort,鈥� says Edgar Villanueva.
What 鈥淗ell鈥檚 Kitchen鈥� Reveals About Black Women in Theater
The Tony Award-winning play, loosely based on Alicia Keys鈥� childhood, falls into the same trap much theatre does, failing to depict the nuances of Black trauma.
In Defense of the 鈥淲eird鈥�
It's hypocritical for each party to claim to speak on behalf of the forgotten and marginalized while mockingly calling the other side 鈥渨eird.鈥� It鈥檚 also deeply regressive.
鈥淧arable of the Sower鈥� Is Now, Says Gen Z
Young people who have read Octavia Butler鈥檚 1993 novel say it鈥檚 not only prescient, but also carries lessons for today.
Women on Deck: Skateboarding鈥檚 Untold Gender-Inclusive History
As skateboarding becomes an Olympic event, 鈥淒rop In鈥� chronicles the women, nonbinary, and queer skaters who have made the sport more equitable.
Back When TV Was Gay
Despite political repression in the 1980s and 1990s, LGBTQ people enjoyed surprising freedom on public access television networks.
Unsilencing the Desert
How communities around the world are preserving their endangered music.
Rap Is Art, Not Evidence
A new documentary chronicles efforts to keep rap lyrics from being used by prosecutors, combatting a long-standing trend of criminalizing this particular art form.
How to Bury Your Abusive Husband and the Laws That Shielded Him
Domestic violence isn鈥檛 funny. But Alexia Casale鈥檚 debut novel finds humor in survivors taking matters into their own hands.
Beyonc茅鈥檚 Requiem for Black Country Dreams
With 鈥淐owboy Carter,鈥� Beyonc茅 is not only topping the country charts, but also challenging old narratives about genre.
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