All the Brown Girls on TV
HBO’s latest web-series acquisition eschews Brooklyn for a queer, multiracial, multiethnic arts landscape in Chicago. Welcome to Fatimah Asghar and Sam Bailey’s world.
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The Poisoned Generation
The story of a decades-long lead-poisoning lawsuit in New Orleans illustrates how the toxin destroys black families and communities alike.
'America's Deaf Team' Tackles Identity Politics
In order to survive, Gallaudet University has to blend a diverse student body from very different backgrounds: deaf culture and hearing culture. Can football players show the school how?
Is This How Discrimination Ends?
Trainings and workshops geared toward eliminating people’s hidden prejudices are all the rage—but many don’t work. Now the psychologist who made the case for "implicit bias" wants to cure it.
How Two Mississippi College Students Fell in Love and Decided to Join a Terrorist Group
In three short months, Jaelyn Young and Muhammad Dakhlalla found themselves at the center of America’s debate over radicalization.
Atlanta's Controversial 'Cityhood' Movement
Recent border battles have once again redrawn the lines of the metro area.
The Surge of Refugees Fleeing the U.S. for Canada Ignites Debate
Hundreds of asylum seekers have illegally crossed the border into Emerson, Manitoba, dividing the small town.
What Will Happen to Undocumented Doctors?
Meet the Dreamers who are one executive action away from losing everything.
Rebranding White Nationalism: Inside the Alt-Right
An exclusive look at a radical movement whose leaders hail the rise of Trump
The Near Certainty of Anti-Police Violence
By ignoring illegitimate policing, America has also failed to address the danger this illegitimacy poses to those who must do the policing.
Segregation in Paradise?
Once known for their inclusiveness, Minnesota’s Twin Cities have become more divided in recent decades.
Blue Reforms and Black Lives
In Los Angeles, young protestors are at odds with the black community’s old guard.