‘Carceral’ Spikes Amid Twitter Backlash
Of, relating to, or suggesting a jail or prison.
Congress Wants to Change the Americans With Disabilities Act and Undermine the Civil Rights of People With Disabilities
The Americans with Disabilities Act is the most comprehensive and foundational civil rights law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability. Yet, 27 years after it was passed, people with…
What Liberals Get Wrong About Identity Politics
Identity politics has its roots in an expansive, radical agenda. But you wouldn’t know that from its liberal critics. “We haven’t taken the intellectual contributions of black women seriously enough…
Postscript: Kate Millett’s Radical Spirit
Remembering the pioneering feminist author, who died this week, at the age of eighty-two.
Keeping ‘Insecure’ lit: HBO cinematographer Ava Berkofsky on properly lighting black faces
Any brown person who’s taken a selfie in the club can tell you cameras aren’t made for us. Yet in Insecure’s club scenes, dark-skinned protagonists like Yvonne Orji’s Molly continue…
A Black Food Historian Explores His Bittersweet Connection To Robert E. Lee
Michael Twitty's enslaved ancestors witnessed the Confederate general's surrender, the significance of which weaves through his new memoir as he seeks 'culinary justice' for African Americans. {read}
33 Years Ago: Reagan Goes Union-Busting, Fires 11,000 Striking Air Traffic Controllers
Just days after members of the Professional Air Traffic Controls Organization (PATCO) went on strike, President Ronald Reagan declared the strike illegal under the Taft-Hartley act. Reagan ordered the 13,000…
Barriers to Equality in Academia:Women in Computer Science at MIT
this report focuses on the million and one small ways in which even the best intentioned of us inadvertently create environments that are not conducive to the career development of…
Explore Tiny Homes Detroit in a video tour
We’ve been following the construction of tiny homes in Detroit by Cass Community Social Services. The homes are for low-income individuals and follow a rent-to-own model. We visited in May…
The Metropolitan Building officially starts redevelopment into Element Detroit Hotel
Once destined for demo, the beautiful and long-vacant Metropolitan Building is finally starting its $32 million redevelopment. In a ceremony commemorated with the removal of the final rooftop tree downtown,…