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Nation of Second ChancesMore than 1,700 people were granted clemency during the Obama presidency. A Nation of Second Chances tells their stories in words and images, from the hardships of imprisonment to their attempts to rebuild their lives.
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Dear POC: We Get Depressed TooJoséphine Mwanvua on the difficulty of asking for help as a person of color: “Here, in the West, black communities and other POC communities still carry a taboo around mental health issues.”
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28 MORE Black Picture Books That Aren’t About Boycotts, Buses, or Basketball (2018)Scott Woods at Scott Woods Makes Lists compiles a sequel to his popular 2016 list of black picture books that aren’t about boycotts, buses, and basketball.
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Podcast in the Spotlight: This Filipino American Life
Joe at This Filipino American Life explains why the podcasting medium was the right fit for them, and how their site complements their recorded content.
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All My Stories Are Political. I Checked.Phenderson Djèlí Clark on getting political in sci-fi/fantasy: “It informs my writing. It informs my characters. It informs my imagination. It informs my very reason for creating. I guess I’ve always known I was a political writer of SFF. Because there are no ‘non-sci-fi/fantasy issues.’”
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“Just having a mix of people (diversity) doesn’t mean anything fundamentally changes. And tolerance is terrible; I tolerate my annual mammogram but I certainly don’t like or look forward to it.”
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I’m Black, and I think Richard Spencer Should Speak At The University of Michigan“Let him expand upon all his twisted thoughts and ideals on a grand stage. Let him see just how meaningless his words really are, because at the end of the day he can’t change what we are.”
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My Experience At Kid Rock’s Detroit Show As a Liberal Black Woman“As much as I’d love to say that I hated the show and wish I hadn’t gone… it was, in fact, entertaining.” Where do we draw the line between politics and entertainment?
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Don’t Talk About “Race Cards” Unless You Want to Talk About Who Built The Deck“While it’s possible for this term to exist in a neutral sense, it most certainly does not. This term exists for the sole purpose of silencing black people, policing black thought, and to protect white privilege and white comfort.”
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diaCRITICSCo-founded by Pulitzer-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, diaCRITICS covers the arts, culture, and politics of Vietnamese diasporas around the world.
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Halo-Halo, Mix-MixDeborah Francisco blogs about identity, culture, travel, food, and understanding the past, present, and future as a Filipino American.
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The Public MedievalistFrom Game of Thrones to white-supremacist imagery, echoes of medieval culture are part of the current moment. The Public Medievalist is a webzine that explores the intersection of medieval history and modern politics and culture.
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Even Racists Got the BluesA viral post from Audrey Nickel at The Geeky Gaeilgeoir: “Most of the time, I feel a little bit sorry for people who make horrendous translation mistakes. This is not one of those times.”
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Dear White FriendsFrom Liz Brazile at Reclaiming My Time: “I have to be on high alert about what people think about me because if I don’t defy what anti-black stereotypes would have them think about me, it could cost me greatly. The very act of me writing this essay is a risk.”
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“It felt so odd to be so enclosed within a word, like I occupied a space—a space as small as their tongue. A coin perhaps, my value etched on the surface: gender: female, race: Asian, worth: half a regular person.”
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