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    I have become struck with sadness in more ways than one. From the slaughter of black and brown bodies to the mistreatment of marginalized...
    Rai McKinley

    Rai McKinley

    Rai Mckinley is a photographer and activist at the intersections of race and gender. At 21 years old, he has been active in Chicago and...
    AFTER I AM TREATED LIKE SHIT AND I MISS IT by Rachel Charlene Lewis

    AFTER I AM TREATED LIKE SHIT AND I MISS IT by Rachel Charlene Lewis

    i approach the tall blonde in the bar // she says, “you’re so beautiful i’m scared to touch you,” because that is a thing people say,...
    TWO POEMS by Ronaldo V. Wilson

    TWO POEMS by Ronaldo V. Wilson

    61. Lucy, Hater The sky this morning is clear and endless, as are the clouds before the sun erases them, as is the time before Mars shows...
    from FOOD by Tommy Pico

    from FOOD by Tommy Pico

    Dear Reader, Preheat the oven to 420 degrees. Wash the bird and remove its innards and cut off all the schmaltz. Oil literally...
    QUANTITATIVE REASONING by Chen Chen

    QUANTITATIVE REASONING by Chen Chen

    1 I don’t know how much more coleslaw I can take. 2 & I love coleslaw. 3 If Brian is traveling at 71 miles per hour & Ryan is traveling...
    TWO POEMS by George Abraham

    TWO POEMS by George Abraham

    George Abraham is a Palestinian-American poet attending Swarthmore College. He competed in the College Union Poetry Slam Invitational...
    TWO POEMS by Ariana Brown

    TWO POEMS by Ariana Brown

    THE ‘X’ IN ‘XICANO’ SPEAKS "The term Chicano is derived from the word Mejicano or Mexican, which itself is rooted in the word Mexicano...
    BLACK PHILOSOPHY #3 by jayy dodd

    BLACK PHILOSOPHY #3 by jayy dodd

    after Jonah Mixon-Webster If this body is a boy & all boys know death & death bodies Black: then this body knows how boys die. Black boys...
    ACTUALLY, YES, EVERYTHING IS ABOUT RACE by mace dent johnson

    ACTUALLY, YES, EVERYTHING IS ABOUT RACE by mace dent johnson

    especially this episode of food network’s chopped / obviously / I am rooting for the token / the black woman / the black dude from...
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