Poetry
Rumors Of Our Demise
Poems By Native American Writers
Dakota Homecoming Gwen Westerman We are so honored that you…
Culture and Society
Poems By Native American Writers
Dakota Homecoming Gwen Westerman We are so honored that you…
Leah Penniman On Bringing People Of Color Back To The Land
We have food apartheid, a system of segregation that relegates certain people to food abundance and others to food scarcity. If you’re a black child in America, you are twice as likely to go to bed hungry tonight as a white child.
When I was poor and complained about inequality they said I was bitter; now that I’m rich and I complain about inequality they say I’m a hypocrite. I’m beginning to think they just don’t want to talk about inequality.
Featuring John Taylor Gatto, Olga García Echeverría, Katy Butler, and more.
Dorothy Roberts On The Myth Of Race
I’m not saying that race is a natural division of human beings that can lead to unjust hierarchies. I’m saying that the very concept of race was invented to create and enforce such hierarchies.
Everybody remembers the first time they were taught that part of the human race was Other. . . . It’s as though I told you that your left hand is not part of your body.
Featuring Tim Wise, Odetta, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, and more.
Ijeoma Oluo On Privilege, Power, And Race
White supremacy is not just Nazis marching in the street. In the U.S. it’s always been a part of the economic and social system.
Featuring Barbara Ehrenreich, Studs Terkel, David Budbill, and more.