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When Black History Is Unearthed, Who Gets to Speak for the Dead?

By Jill Lepore — 2021

Efforts to rescue African American burial grounds and remains have exposed deep conflicts over inheritance and representation.

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Why I Have Come to Support Defunding the Police

The last few weeks have made it impossible to hide from the truth that Black and white people have fundamentally different experiences with law enforcement in this country.

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Sharon Brous
2020
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Why We Can’t Breathe

“If one of us cannot breathe, none of us can breathe,” writes Buddhist scholar Jan Willis in this poignant essay.

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Jan Willis
2014
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The Year I Gave Up White Comfort: An Ode to My White “Friends” on Being Better to Black Womxn

This past year I not only stood unapologetically in the full and complete truth of my identity but also voiced that truth, my truth, aloud to all those closest to me. Including a lot of White people.

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Rachel Ricketts
2019
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The Meaning of Juneteenth

Ruth King reflects on the deep longing for care

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Ruth King
2020
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Interview: Ruth King | Healing Racism from the Inside Out

Ruth King-"Something alarming happens when we think or hear the word ‘racism’. Something deep within us is awakened into fear...This activation happens to all of us.” "So, having the intention that you are going to be in this dialog means you’re not going to turn away from it...

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Kristen Noel
2018
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How Our Brains Can Find Peace in a Crisis

Psychologist Rick Hanson discusses how to strengthen our capacity for wisdom, peace, and enlightenment.

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Jill Suttie
2020
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Women’s History Month (and American History Itself) Rarely Includes Indigenous Women—and that’s a Problem

Most public schools in the U.S. teach shamefully little about Indigenous history, and the contributions of Indigenous women remain notably left out.

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Chelsey Luger
2020
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The Truth About Indigenous Wellness, From a Native American Perspective

Many of us grew up facing racism and discrimination for practicing our culture and simply being Indigenous.

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Chelsey Luger
2019
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New Mexico’s Contentious ‘Pot Powwow’

A cannabis company believes the pot industry could save tribal nations from poverty. But many argue it would only make a drug problem worse.

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Chelsey Luger
2017
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Health Focus: Well for Culture

According to Well For Culture’s ambassador Anthony Thosh Collins, the movement is “an alliance of like-minded Indigenous people from many nations and all directions.

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Native Max
2016
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