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Read Ella's essay, "Language is a Many-Gendered Thing," about the challenges of using gender-neutral pronouns in a Puerto Rican American family.
This June marks the 74th anniversary of the Zoot Suit Riots, a series of weeklong race riots that swept Los Angeles in the summer of 1943. The spirit lives on today.
Read Avery's essay, "Existing Openly Is Half the Battle," about being the token nonbinary person at college while still learning about their own gender.
Read Madeleine's essay, "The Right to Be a Little Bit Rude," about overcoming the discomfort of correcting people who use the wrong gender pronouns.
Read Joanne's essay, "The Jintas of Conservative Korean Culture," about how words should never be allowed to limit who we are.
From the Current Issue
Why We Are Driven to Search for the Truth
It’s something we struggle to see more clearly, to realize day to day, to make more real in our lives. And that’s always messy business.
We received many outstanding essays for the Spring 2017 Writing Competition. Though not every participant can win the contest, we'd like to share some excerpts that caught our eye.
Cole, founder of the Brown Boi Project, responds to the winners of our Spring 2017 National Student Writing Competition.
The integration of knowledge, science, hospitality, and travel can have huge benefits for human connections and peace.
From the Current Issue
In One of the Nation’s Most Conservative Places, A Sanctuary City
Advocates in Santa Ana mobilize to educate, assist, protect, and inspire undocumented residents.
For women of color, prioritizing our own physical, mental, and emotional well-being is vital to our fight for social justice.
Blackfeet Researcher Leads Her Tribe Back to Traditional Foods
Forced assimilation destroyed most nations’ diets, but now Native youth are learning to integrate local foods back into their daily lives.