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The Erased Lives of Enslaved Women Forced to Have the Children of Their Enslavers

The Erased Lives of Enslaved Women Forced to Have the Children of Their Enslavers

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The latest list of banned books in Florida is just so deeply, tragicomically stupid.

The latest list of banned books in Florida is just so deeply, tragicomically stupid.

By Jonny Diamond | April 21, 2022

Arundhati Roy on Religious Nationalism, Dissent, and the Battle Between Myth and History

Arundhati Roy on Religious Nationalism, Dissent, and the Battle Between Myth and History

“Our hopes have been cauterized, our imaginations infected.”

By Arundhati Roy | April 21, 2022

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The Impossible, Crucial Task of Teaching About Rape as a Survivor

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