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  1. culture wars
    Mother Outraged Her Biracial Son Has Learned to Identify RacismMelissa Riley tried to sue her son’s middle school for teaching him about inequality.
    By Danielle Cohen
  2. power
    A Tale of Two CitiesWhy the Women’s Prison Association chose a Black woman from Baltimore to lead it.
    By Caryn York
  3. power
    The New Face of American Gun OwnershipBlack women are pushing against the (white, rural, and male) stereotype.
    By Agya K. Aning
  4. power
    A New Book for the ‘Abolition Curious’“There’s only so much longer we as a society will tolerate police killing three people per day.”
    By Mary Retta
  5. emmys 2021
    Are the Emmys Really Trying to Do Better?People of color got a lot of nominations, but it’s mostly white people who took home the awards.
    By Whitney Friedlander
  6. power
    The Real Reason Black Mothers Are Being Pushed to BreastfeedEfforts to close the racial breastfeeding gap are more complicated than they appear.
    By Jennifer C. Nash
  7. tokyo olympics
    Black Olympians Are Set Up to FailBecause of rigid and outdated regulations rooted in racism, athletes like Sha’Carri Richardson won’t get to compete.
    By Ashley Stoney
  8. mental health
    Building a World Where Black Folks Can Breathe EasierWith her wellness space Black Girls Breathing, Jasmine Marie pledges to help millions of women on their mental-health journeys.
    By Mary Retta
  9. reckoning with a reckoning
    Eavesdropping on $5,000 Anti-Racist Dinner PartiesTwo entrepreneurs have built a business dredging up white women’s shame.
    By Molly Fischer
  10. reckoning with a reckoning
    White People Are SquirmingEight writers on what happens when the people around you are suddenly forced to confront race.
  11. book excerpt
    ‘You Must Play Basketball’He wants to see my moves. My Black athleticism will turn him on. But my body is a marionette with tangled and impossibly knotted strings.
    By Brian Broome
  12. power
    Tarana Burke Is Just Trying to Do Her WorkA long talk about Black women, Me Too, and intentions with the activist and founder.
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  13. power
    Who Gets to Write a Recovery Memoir?Hunter Biden’s Beautiful Things insists that addiction is an equalizer, which just isn’t true.
    By Nour Abi-Nakhoul
  14. art and soul
    Reimagining What Monuments Can BeA new public-art exhibition in Philadelphia aims to “transform the way our country’s histories are told in public spaces.”
    By Cornelia Channing
  15. the cut podcast
    The Cut Podcast: Does This Poster Make Me Look Racist?This week, The Cut podcast producer B.A. Parker discusses racist and problematic historical artwork.
    By the Cut
  16. the bigger picture
    A Gathering of Radical LovePhotos from “Protect Asian Lives,” a tender space for queer Asians, by queer Asians.
    By Andrew Nguyen
  17. first person
    Was That Racism?I ask myself this question almost every day.
    By Julie Kim
  18. the bigger picture
    A Day of Solidarity Amid Rising Anti-Asian ViolencePhotos from a Black and Asian solidarity protest in New York, by the photographer Stephanie Mei-Ling.
    By Amanda Arnold
  19. all work no pay
    A Common Theme for Black WomenUnemployment has been our disproportionate reality since long before the pandemic.
    By Abby Adesanya
  20. art and soul
    Jasmin Hernandez Made the Coolest Coffee-Table Photo BookLet the Gallery Gurls founder tell you about it, and give you a look inside.
    By Devine Blacksher
  21. ch-ch-changes
    Sephora Has a Plan to Tackle Racial BiasNew protocol, fewer security guards, and more Black-owned beauty brands.
    By Erica Smith
  22. the cut podcast
    Your Friendly Black SidekickTypecasting young Black girls as the supportive best friend, on this week’s episode of The Cut.
    By the Cut
  23. capitol insurrection
    ‘It Was No Accident’Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on surviving the siege.
    By Rebecca Traister
  24. capitol insurrection
    American AmnesiaA new dawn doesn’t mean that the darkness never existed.
    By Evette Dionne
  25. profile
    Adonis Finds His VoiceThe model, singer and co-parent (with Slick Woods) on tokenism in fashion and being sexually fluid.
    By Matthew Schneier
  26. how i get it done
    How a Nap Guru Gets It DoneCommunity activist Tricia Hersey sees rest as resistance and reparation.
    By Amina Khan
  27. the bigger picture
    A Place for Artists to Hit ResetJasmine Clarke’s photographs capture moments of Black joy at a residency upstate.
    By Devine Blacksher
  28. the cut podcast
    The Dangerous Legacy of White Male AmericaFeaturing author Ijeoma Oluo on this week’s episode of The Cut.
    By the Cut
  29. book excerpt
    The Dangerous Legacy of White Male AmericaAn excerpt from a new book by the author of So You Want to Talk About Race.
    By Ijeoma Oluo
  30. remembrance
    Kenzo Takada Showed Me a Different Way to Be Asian in FashionRemembering the Japanese designer who changed my life.
    By Humberto Leon
  31. power
    Only One Officer Was Charged in Breonna Taylor’s KillingA member of the grand jury claims they were never given the option to indict the other two officers.
    By Bridget Read
  32. art and soul
    MoMA PS1 Reopens to the Public With ‘Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration’Featuring art made by people in prisons as well as work by non-incarcerated artists.
    By Cassidy George
  33. wtf
    There’s a New Rachel DolezalJessica Krug has stepped down from her job as an associate history professor after admitting that she pretended to be Black.
    By Claire Lampen
  34. education
    Former Students Talk About Their Fake Black Professor“Now I’m just like … what else was a lie?”
    By Anna Silman
  35. fundraising
    Some ‘Pro-Sex, Anti-Fascist’ Art for Your WallsProceeds benefit groups supporting Black trans people and sex workers.
    By Andrew Nguyen
  36. cut covers
    Chika Is for LoversBut even lovers have their limits.
    By Kiana Fitzgerald
  37. the cut podcast
    Are We the Virus?Exploring our relationship to nature, and who’s allowed to be healed by it, on this week’s Cut podcast.
    By the Cut
  38. power
    Corey Couldn’t Take It AnymoreA Yale cafeteria worker smashed a monument to slavery, and changed an institution.
    By Quiara Alegría Hudes
  39. overloaded
    Life As a Black “Digital Nomad” Isn’t the SameMany people see living and working abroad as a privilege. For me, it’s a way of escaping deadly racism in the U.S.
    By Imani Bashir
  40. overloaded
    Beyond BurnoutFive Black women on working yourself sick.
    As told to Brianna Holt
  41. overloaded
    I’m the Only Doctor in My ER Who Stands Up to the CopsEmergency rooms are stressful even without the threat of brutality.
    By Michele Harper
  42. overloaded
    Am I Being Set Up to Fail?The recent wave of Black promotions and connections seems full of promise and potential, but this nagging thought remains.
    As told to Priska Neely
  43. overloaded
    ‘Racism at My Job Literally Gave Me PTSD’Years later, in a whole new workplace, I’m still waiting for the day when things will go wrong.
    By Erika Stallings
  44. overloaded
    Wellness Doesn’t Belong To White WomenA disturbing culture of anti-Blackness is thriving in an industry that continues to peddle a message of care, community, and light.
    As told to Kelly Gonsalves
  45. code switching
    How I Learned to Small Talk With White PeopleI knew my career depended on connecting with people unlike me. Now I want to challenge them, too.
    By Ashley Stoney
  46. overloaded
    The True Cost of Being a Black TeacherEven at a school that yearns for racial equity, I constantly feel like this profession is a path to nowhere.
    By Erin Crosby-Eckstine
  47. overloaded
    When Becky Yells at YouAn excerpt from Shayla Lawson’s new book, This Is Major, about working alongside a white woman with a massive inferiority complex.
    By Shayla Lawson
  48. police
    Secret Service Agents Accosted Two Black Mothers With a RifleThe women say they were pulled from their car and handcuffed while their young children looked on.
    By Hannah Gold
  49. cut chats
    ‘The Kinswomen’ Hosts on Why the Best Relationships Aren’t Always Comfortable“If you have interracial friendships and you’re not talking about race, there’s probably a breakdown of trust there.”
    By the Cut
  50. book excerpt
    There’s a Divide in Even the Closest Interracial FriendshipsIncluding ours.
    By Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman
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