The Serena Cartoon Is Racist, Regardless What the Author Says

September 12, 2018 on Equality, Featured, Residents by Mellek Steel

Mark Knight has claimed that his cartoon of Serena Williams wasn’t racist. But the history of the form makes that argument invalid.

At the Table? Or on the Menu?

August 22, 2018 on Featured, Op-eds, Politics by Amoja Sumler

As Omarosa reveals an inside view of the Trump White House through her latest book Unhinged and released recordings, she confirms the worst firsthand.

One Year On from Charlottesville, and We’re Echoing the Hundred Past

August 13, 2018 on Current Affairs, Featured, Residents by Mathew Mackie

While we’re exactly a year removed from the Charlottesville rally, we’re still speaking the language of the century of marginalization that preceded it.

No One Needs a White Opinion on the Lynching Memorial …

May 10, 2018 on Current Affairs, Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Katharine Coldiron

… but here’s one that might be worth reading. Katharine Coldiron, who grew up in a white Southern family, shares what the National Memorial for Peace and Justice means to her.

Just Stop Talking (and Tweeting)

January 13, 2018 on Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Jacob Meeks

In light of President Trump’s latest racist remarks, Jacob Meeks implores President Trump to stop talking, especially as Meeks prepares for his latest humanitarian trip to Nigeria.

Black Capitalism Will Not Save You

July 29, 2017 on Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Amoja Sumler

Amoja Sumler examines Black Capitalism and how no amount of Black entrepreneurship or ownership can overcome the economic disparity.

Vietnamese Culture: Not Pho Your Entertainment

June 15, 2017 on Featured, My take on ..., Residents by May Tran

Over the past 18 months, I’ve been inundated with 1,600 requests to perform in Miss Saigon. Yet still, as an Australian of Vietnamese descent, if you consider the industry whitewashed, I call it a tsunami.

Speaking on Behalf of The “Anxious” Generation

May 28, 2017 on Featured, Health, Lifestyle, My take on ..., Residents by Jordan King Lacroix

We, the anxious Millennials, are derided for being delusional, self-centered, and medicated. We, however, see this as an adequate avenue of tolerating the world being left to us.

The Unfulfilled Dream of Martin Luther King

April 4, 2017 on Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Mark Thompson

In the general consciousness, the lessons of Martin Luther King seem to have been forgotten; especially today, as the U.S. faces a similar divide to that which he sought to bridge.

Black, White, and Read All Over: The Hypocrisy of U.S. Reporting

March 29, 2017 on Equality, Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Gordon Smith

The story of James Harris Jackson, a white man who wanted to hunt black men, highlights that the promotion of crime in America is still horribly biased.