Discrimination

September 4, 2020

Harassment Against Gay and Trans People on TikTok

ImageChris (at left) in a duet responding to James Charles on TikTok.Credit…via @notdonelij Chris smiles widely as a video of Miso Chan, a transgender creator presenting […]
August 23, 2020

Black Artists Find Ways to Make Their Voices Heard in Portland

Over the years, Bobby Fouther has watched the historic center of African-American life in Portland bloom, shrink and expand again. The 69-year-old artist was born into […]
August 10, 2020

She Explains ‘Mansplaining’ With Help From 17th-Century Art

This story begins, as so many do these days, on Twitter. Last May, Nicole Tersigni, a Detroit-based writer, logged onto the social media platform at the […]
July 31, 2020

Black Lives Matter and Italian Fashion

The designer Stella Jean wanted to make something clear about an impassioned letter she sent to Italian fashion’s governing body: “It’s not a protest,” she said. […]
July 29, 2020

‘Hidden Gem’ Made Popular by TikTok Is Shut to Keep Out-of-Towners Away

HIGH BRIDGE, N.J. — Lake Solitude, it was not. For years, the 35-acre picturesque lake, waterfall and century-old dam had been an unspoiled treasure for local […]
July 23, 2020

How Equity Is Lost When Companies Hire Only Workers With Disabilities

This article is part of a series exploring how the Americans With Disabilities Act has shaped modern life for people with disabilities. Listen to This Article […]
July 15, 2020

The Return of Jane Elliott

The day after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, the schoolteacher Jane Elliott scrapped her lesson plan — teaching her third […]
July 10, 2020

‘This Is Not a Boring History of Nagging Spinsters’

As the story is often told, the path to women’s suffrage began ​in Seneca Falls​ in 1848 and ended with the ratification of the 19th Amendment […]
July 9, 2020

Ziwe Fumudoh Asks: ‘How Many Black People Do You Know?’

How many Black friends do you have? Is it “between four and five?” If so, then you have something in common with several guests on Ziwe […]
July 9, 2020

Ziwe Fumudoh Asks: ‘How Many Black People Do You Know?’

How many Black friends do you have? Is it “between four and five?” If so, then you have something in common with several guests on Ziwe […]