Jelani Cobb talks democracy, Trumpism, and the future of journalism
2026 is off to an intense start, but many of the events we're seeing play out today come out of dynamics that have been building for years. Jelani Cob...
How 'The Joy Luck Club' highlighted the complicated dynamics of immigrant families
Connecting across generations can be tough, even in the same family. This is at the heart of Amy Tan’s 1989 novel The Joy Luck Club. This week, we're ...
Support for Israel is waning, but many White Evangelical Christians remain steadfast
Among the American public, support for Israel has fallen among almost every demographic group. But for many White Evangelical Christians over the age ...
From "CRT" to "DEI": A history of race and moral panics
A few years back, many politicians were raising the alarm about the dangers of "CRT" in schools. Today, the new risk to public education is "DEI." Wha...
Where ICE came from, and where it needs to go
In 2018, in light of some pretty aggressive rhetoric and policies being enacted by the Trump administration, many people were asking a pretty direct q...
What the 1968 fight for ethnic studies classes teaches us about today
The fight over the soul of higher education is very alive right now, with the Trump administration engaged in dozens of investigations and multiple la...
Keep culture and tradition alive at the mahjong table
How do we keep family traditions alive? For some people, it's by speaking their heritage language, or learning how to cook family recipes. For Nicole ...
The fight over public education, from Texas to the White House
For months, the Trump administration has been making moves to dismantle the Department of Education — with mixed success. But when it comes to the fig...
The evolution of blackface in the age of AI
With AI image and video generators, it's become easier than ever to create hyper-realistic clips of almost anything. Today, we're looking at the lands...
In the Trump era, has the word 'racist' lost its meaning?
Over the past few weeks, President Trump has amplified derogatory and stereotypical comments about people from Afghanistan. He's derided Somalians as ...