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How the Obsession with True Crime Harms Victims
A person in a tucked in white shirt is escorted by police in handcuffs as people watch. The photo is from the Netflix series, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.

How the Obsession with True Crime Harms Victims
Nicole Cardoza
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The backlash following the Netflix series, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story highlights how the genre re-harms victims and their families

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Media & Culture
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Respect the Roots of Black Hair
A silhouette of person with an afro against a white background.

Respect the Roots of Black Hair
Team ARD
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Cultural appropriation of Black hairstyles is harmful, considering how Black people continue to experience hair discrimination.

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Identity Media & Culture Race & Ethnicity
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Lost Black Youth: Adolescence and Innocence as White Privileges
Two teens lean against a column outside with their arms folded while laughing.

Lost Black Youth: Adolescence and Innocence as White Privileges
Andrew Lee
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Subconscious biases present in daily life and institutions aid in criminalizing Black children for behavior deemed innocent in white youth.

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Media & Culture
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The ARD Loaded Language ABCs
A bunch of typeset letters spread out.

The ARD Loaded Language ABCs
Andrew Lee
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Discussions of political or social issues commonly include loaded language or politically charged terms charged that inhibit clear conversation. 

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Media & Culture
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White People, Please Stop Using N-Word Alternatives
A crowd of people cheering at a music concert.

White People, Please Stop Using N-Word Alternatives
Sydney Cobb
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Non-Black people’s use of N-word alternatives is a harmful attempt to get close to the original slur. Even with modifications, the N-word is not theirs to reclaim.

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Media & Culture
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Equity, Not Equality, Is Needed In The Fight For Social Change
A two-panel illustration breaks down the difference between equity and equality with imagery of three people of varying heights behind a fence at a baseball game. On the left, equality is shown as everyone standing on a crate, but the shortest person cannot see the game, and the middle-height person can just see over the fence. On the right, equity is shown as the shortest individual standing on two boxes, the middle-height person on one, and the tallest without. Everyone can see at the same level.

Equity, Not Equality, Is Needed In The Fight For Social Change
Nicole Cardoza
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“Equity v. Equality” illustration breaks down the difference between the two terms and how the distinction impacts the necessary work for social change.

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Media & Culture Social Justice
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Gendered Islamophobia, Not the Hijab, is Hurting Muslim Women
A woman in a hijab and glasses looks outside a window.

Gendered Islamophobia, Not the Hijab, is Hurting Muslim Women
Kholiswa Mendes Pepani
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Muslim women are being harassed, fired from jobs, suspended from schools and denied access to public areas because they wear the hijab.

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Education Media & Culture Social Justice
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Have Tough Conversations
Three people gather around a table of drinks and food.

Have Tough Conversations
Nicole Cardoza
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If you’re heading into the holidays expecting some tough conversations, here are some resources to help you through.

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Media & Culture
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Learn how to apologize.
apologize two people

Learn how to apologize.
Nicole Cardoza
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Apologies are more than just saying sorry, but taking accountability for harm.

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Media & Culture
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Abolishing Columbus Day
A person in Native garb bows.

Abolishing Columbus Day
Nicole Cardoza
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Columbus Day represents the history of colonization and the erasure of Indigenous communities. Learn about the movement to change it.

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History Media & Culture
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