One hundred years later, journalists look back on the massacre of “Black Wall Street.”
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‘I’ve Lost Everything to the Beast’
“Formed in Los Angeles by refugees fleeing US-backed violence in El Salvador, MS-13 has wreaked havoc in Central America.”
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“Somebody’s Gotta Help Me”
“But abuse by law enforcement inside jails remains largely out of sight and harder to document.” Phillip Garcia was in psychiatric crisis. In jail and in the hospital, guards responded with violent force and restrained him for almost 20 hours, until he died.
Posted inCrime, Story
“We Are Not Lost Causes”
How youth in Rochester, New York, are working to save their neighborhood — and themselves — by forging pathways away from violent street crime.
Posted inBooks
This Month In Books: ‘Look at the World, and Not at the Mirror.’
This month’s books newsletter is about seeing the big picture.
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‘People Outside This Community Know About Us Because of One Moment in Time.’
The community of Columbine has rebuilt and redefined itself over the past 20 years since the high school massacre.
Posted inArts & Culture, Food, Highlight, Quotes
Stovetop Revenge
Black women take power where they can find it, and sometimes that’s in a pot of hot, skin-searing grits.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
Bowie Knives, Concealed Rifles, and Caning Charles Sumner
As the Civil War loomed, weapons — like the recently invented bowie knife and rifles that were shipped to Kansas hidden in crates labeled as bibles — became complex political symbols.
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A Woman Becomes a Nightingale
An illustrated essay in which Carolita Johnson reviews the ugly history of rape being weaponized — and politicized — as a means of silencing women.
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Having the Wrong Conversations About Hate Activity
A personal essay about the ways in which a terrified mother tried — and failed — to be a walking-talking public service announcement.