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What the Myth of Enslaved Irish People Tells Us About Whiteness and Resistance
A small hand-size version of the Irish flag hangs on a kiosk outside.

What the Myth of Enslaved Irish People Tells Us About Whiteness and Resistance
Andrew Lee
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Though Irish people suffered from colonization, the “Irish were slaves first” story is used to attack the struggle for racial justice.

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History Media & Culture
2400 1350 Andrew Lee
How AIDS Activists Fought for Patients’ Rights
ACT UP demonstration at National Institutes of Health. Protestors are holding signs with President Reagan's face, while another sign reads "Dr Fauci you are killing us."

How AIDS Activists Fought for Patients’ Rights
Dominique Stewart
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As a result of government apathy to the growing public health crisis, ACT UP used civil disobedience to fight for HIV/AIDs patients’ rights.

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Health LGBTQ+ Politics
1584 1032 Dominique Stewart
The Incarceration, Not Internment, of Japanese Americans
A concrete monument in the desert with Japanese Kanji characters vertically etched in stone, reads, “Soul Consoling Tower."

The Incarceration, Not Internment, of Japanese Americans
Jami Nakamura Lin
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Often miscategorized as internment, the incarceration of Japanese Americans in 1942 is yet another instance of American cruelty in action.

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History
2400 1800 Jami Nakamura Lin
The Lasting Impact of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The flags of Mexico and California State on adjacent poles hang high against a clear blue sky.

The Lasting Impact of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Andrew Lee
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The signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the U.S. invasion of Mexico, but the effects continue to impact Latine communities today.

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History Social Justice
1920 1200 Andrew Lee
How Anti-Filipino Hate Led to the Watsonville Riots
Two sepia-tone photographs of Filipino farm workers tending a field. On the left, workers put crop inside crates. One the right, a farm worker stands in a field of cauliflower.

How Anti-Filipino Hate Led to the Watsonville Riots
Nicole Cardoza
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The Watsonville Riots was a violent attack on Filipino farmworkers by a mob of white residents in the city of Watsonville, California, between January 19 and January 30, 1930.

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History
2244 1172 Nicole Cardoza
The Living Legacy of Fred Hampton, 53 Years After His Murder 
Fred Hampton talking in a crowd of people with reporters holding microphones in front of him.

The Living Legacy of Fred Hampton, 53 Years After His Murder 
Andrew Lee
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Fred Hampton’s message remains relevant today, with poor communities in Chicago and around the U.S. facing the same deprivations.

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History Social Justice
2058 1342 Andrew Lee
The Complicated History of Social Work
A couple looks over a document while a person with an open folder sits across from them.

The Complicated History of Social Work
Team ARD
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Proposals to replace policing with social work ignore the past and present role of a system that implements and oversees racist policies in the United States.

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Deana Ayers Health History
1920 1280 Team ARD
Moving Past Acknowledgment to Rematriation
View of the Grand Teton Mountain Range in Jackson, Wyoming, during sunset.

Moving Past Acknowledgment to Rematriation
Nicole Cardoza
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Initiatives like land rematriation aren’t just reparations but a clear way to dismantle white supremacy and center Indigenous communities.

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History Neighborhoods Politics
2400 1567 Nicole Cardoza
The BTS Army and the Neverending “Forgotten War”
The Korean Demilitarized Zone between North and South. Soldiers stand guard around three blue long buildings.

The BTS Army and the Neverending “Forgotten War”
Andrew Lee
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News of the BTS army draft is a reminder of the U.S. proxy war whose burden has fallen on Korean citizens on both sides of the border.

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History Politics
1920 1079 Andrew Lee
The Shameful History of Sundown Towns
A drone shot looking down main street of a small town in the midwest during sunset.

The Shameful History of Sundown Towns
Renée Cherez
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Beyond the legal segregation of the Jim Crow South, the U.S. is full of municipalities that were dangerous for Black travelers.

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History Neighborhoods
2400 1350 Renée Cherez
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