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Diaspora

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Love and War: Dialectics and the Stages of the Captive Maternal

by Ziyana Lategan April 5, 2023April 12, 2023

From Caretaker to Rebel, a radical analysis of the role of love as a tool of political will—or a mechanism of capital—in transforming the slave into a guerrilla fighter against white supremacy.

Black and Palestinian solidarity
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From Black Atlanta to Palestine: A statement of connection, solidarity, and survival

by Da'Shaun Harrison, Eva Dickerson, Osama and Bisan March 28, 2023April 28, 2023
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Everything (Queer) Everywhere All At Once

by mónica teresa ortiz March 10, 2023March 9, 2023
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Grief, a (grand)mother tongue

by Mele Girma January 10, 2023
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'The imaginary line in the sand': Texas artist's installation challenges U.S.-Mexico border

by mónica teresa ortiz August 30, 2022August 30, 2022
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In the quest for abolition, America must learn from Haiti

by Marina Magloire July 6, 2020July 2, 2021
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"No Place Like Home" Notes from opening night at The Miami Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival

by Zaina Alsous February 26, 2020December 3, 2020
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Poetry & Playlists: 'Moms Mabley at the Apollo 3022'

by Jalynn Harris April 8, 2019December 3, 2020
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'elegy for Home in mirrored graves, ending with a collapse of wings,' a poem by George Abraham

by George Abraham January 21, 2019December 3, 2020
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'This Work Will Take Dancing': Poems by Emily Perez and Aline Mello

by Aline Mello and Emily Perez September 17, 2018December 3, 2020
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'This Work Will Take Dancing': Poetry by Andrea Beltran and Iliana Rocha

by Andrea Beltran and Iliana Rocha September 10, 2018December 3, 2020
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'This Work Will Take Dancing': Two Poems by Ariel Francisco

by Ariel Francisco September 3, 2018December 3, 2020
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'This Work Will Take Dancing': Prose and Poetry by RJ Robles and Lauren Espinoza

by Lauren Espinoza and RJ Robles August 22, 2018December 3, 2020

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