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Words That Matter
Some of the year’s most influential writers, thinkers, and experts reflect on the words that matter most in 2018.
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Carvell Wallace
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Dec 13, 2018
Why ‘Trauma’ Is the Word of the Year
In 2018, none of us escaped the punishment of trauma
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Henry Louis Gates Jr
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Dec 7, 2017
Cultivating Roots
Harvard’s Henry Louis Gates Jr., host of PBS’s Finding Your Roots, explains how…
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michaelharriot
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Dec 7, 2017
The Sound of White Silence
Michael Harriot explains how the concept of whiteness breeds a troubling…
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Joel Leon.
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Dec 7, 2017
The Kaleidoscope Black
Author Joel Leon asks: How do you properly measure the weight of a Black body?
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Eve L. Ewing
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Dec 7, 2017
It Is Us, It Is Now, It is Ever: The Truth About a Nation of Violence
A sociologist recounts the…
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