Ramsha Ashraf: For the One Who Died in the Hands of Wrong Men
Friends were those
Who made her dance naked
with flower-bands around her wrists
October 4, 2019 · Leave a comment
Jose Padua: And Sunbeams Fell Lightly Upon the Edge of the Grocery Store Parking Lot
Yesterday on the parking lot of the Martin’s grocery store here in Front Royal a woman nearly ran me over after I dropped off my shopping cart in the corral. … Continue reading
October 24, 2018 · Leave a comment
Tasha Williams: The Surprisingly Long History of Racial Oppression in Coffee Shops
Centuries before two Black men were arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks, capitalists met at coffee shops to profit from the transatlantic slave trade. An illustration of Edward Lloyd’s coffee house, … Continue reading
June 9, 2018 · Leave a comment
Djelloul Marbrook: Our Discourse About Racism is too Narrow
I’ve felt from a very early age that we can’t engage in honest discourse about racism in our society unless we take the full measure of racism as it has … Continue reading
January 24, 2015 · 1 Comment
