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The High Stakes of Textbooks: On the Necessity of Complex, Inclusive History Lessons

The High Stakes of Textbooks: On the Necessity of Complex, Inclusive History Lessons

Elizabeth Alexander on Resisting the Siren Song of Triumphal Black History

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How the Toxic Waters of Niagara Falls Poisoned a Community

How the Toxic Waters of Niagara Falls Poisoned a Community

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By Keith O'Brien | April 12, 2022

How Indigenous Societies Fought to Preserve Their Blended Gender Identities in the Face of Colonialism

How Indigenous Societies Fought to Preserve Their Blended Gender Identities in the Face of Colonialism

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By Gregory D. Smithers | April 12, 2022

How the Hebrew Bible Poses Fundamental Questions About Language

How the Hebrew Bible Poses Fundamental Questions About Language

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A Century of Greatness: The Best African American Literary Anthologies

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By Kenton Rambsy | April 11, 2022

Behind the Scenes of ACT UP’s Groundbreaking <em>Kissing Doesn’t Kill</em> Campaign

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Putin’s Attack on Ukraine is an Attack on Its Language: Poetry by Kateryna Kalytko

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What Comes After Neoliberalism? And Is It Worse?

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Tracing the Ancestry of the Earliest Enslaved Ndongo People

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The Many Wars Within the Last Great War

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