America continues to burn. This administration continues to lie. The far-right is hell bent on painting protest as villains. The liberal media wants to put us to sleep.
Fire and Tears
On Op-Ed by S.M.Love for Black House News. A nation grieves as it burns. The ashes from the west have carried over to the east. Death and deception remain at the core of everyone’s minds.
Listen Up! What Does It Mean To Be Latino? The ‘Light-Skinned Privilege’ Edition
Maria Garcia and Maria Hinojosa are both Mexican American, both mestiza, and both relatively light-skinned. But Maria Hinojosa strongly identifies as a woman of color, …
Listen Up! Words To Set You Free
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Listen Up! Égalité, Fraternité, And ‘Libertie’
This month on Code Switch, we’re talking about books — new and old — that have deepened our understandings of what it means to be …
Listen Up! ‘Where We Come From’: By Any Other Name
Anyone with a name that isn’t super common in the United States will tell you that the simple act of introducing yourself can lead to …
Listen Up! A Good ACT To Follow
Forty years ago this month, the CDC reported on patients with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. for the very first time. In the years since, LGBTQIA+ …
Listen Up! Ballers, Shot Callers
The Supreme Court just ruled on a case that could change the future of college sports, potentially paving the way for NCAA athletes to be …
Listen Up! A Taste Of Freedom
Juneteenth commemorates the day that enslaved Texans found out — more than two years after Emancipation Day — that they were free. It’s also a …
Listen Up! Tulsa, 100 Years Later
In the spring of 1921, Black residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood neighborhood were attacked by a mob of angry white people. More than 300 people …
Listen Up! Where Are You Really From?
If you’re a person of color living in the United States, chances are you’ve been asked more than you care to remember where you’re from …
Listen Up! The Racial Reckoning That Wasn’t
In the wake of several high-profile police killings last summer, support for Black Lives Matter skyrocketed among white Americans. Their new concerns about racism pushed …