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Reproductive Justice as a Human Right

Reproductive Justice as a Human Right

Introduction by series curator Dr. Seanna Leath, Assistant Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Washington University in St…
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Miseducating The Public

Miseducating The Public

Anti-CRT Movement, Rhetoric, Policy and Impact
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Living an LGBTQIA2+ Life

Living an LGBTQIA2+ Life

Enacting Health Justice for a Flourishing Future
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Understanding Sexual Harassment through an Anti-Racist Lens

Understanding Sexual Harassment through an Anti-Racist Lens

By Elizabeth Cole
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Environmental Racism and Justice

Environmental Racism and Justice

Introduction by Series Curator Amy J. Schulz, Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education and University Diversity…
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The Intersection of Power, Race, and Commerce

The Intersection of Power, Race, and Commerce

Introduction by series curators, Dr. Roland L. Leak, associate professor of marketing at North Carolina A&T, and Rebekah Modrak, professor…
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Unmasked: Anti-Asian Violence amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Unmasked: Anti-Asian Violence amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Introduction by series curator Melissa Borja, assistant professor in the Department of American Culture at the University of Michigan.
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Trending Essays
Eroticizing Our Play

Eroticizing Our Play

Pleasure and Healing in Kink and BDSM
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What’s the Alternative? Advancing Learning Opportunities for Black Students

What’s the Alternative? Advancing Learning Opportunities for Black Students

By Iesha Jackson
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High School Students Are Not Going to Stop Thinking Critically

High School Students Are Not Going to Stop Thinking Critically

Responding to Attacks on Antiracist Teaching
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Making space for them, her, him, and ‘prefer not to disclose’ in group settings: Why…

Making space for them, her, him, and ‘prefer not to disclose’ in group settings: Why…

by Oliver L. Haimson and Lee Airton
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Reframing Adoption as Reproductive (In)Justice

Reframing Adoption as Reproductive (In)Justice

By Liz DeBetta
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Sissy Sonics

Sissy Sonics

By David B. Green Jr.
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The Black Radical Tradition of Resistance

The Black Radical Tradition of Resistance

A Series on Black Social Movements
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For the Bible Tells Me So: Justifying Gender Discrimination Based on Biblical Text

For the Bible Tells Me So: Justifying Gender Discrimination Based on Biblical Text

By Courtney McCluney
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LGBTQ+ Activism Should Include Consensual Non-Monogamy

LGBTQ+ Activism Should Include Consensual Non-Monogamy

By Amy C. Moors, Sharon Flicker, and Michelle Vaughan
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Pop-Up Writing Opportunity (PUWO): Disabled and Chronically Ill: Navigating Work Inside and Outside…

Pop-Up Writing Opportunity (PUWO): Disabled and Chronically Ill: Navigating Work Inside and Outside…

This writing opportunity was originally published on March 9, 2020. It is now closed. Pop-Up Writing Opportunities are released three times…
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Evolving the “Single Black Mother” Narrative

Evolving the “Single Black Mother” Narrative

By Christina M. Grange
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