The History of Consumption and The Cannibalistic Nature of Whiteness
Europeans devouring Egyptian mummies. The Donner Party cannibalizing their Indigenous American guides. White people have consumed the Other in many ways. TW/CW: This essay discusses cannibalism, murder, lynching, suicide, and bodily mutilation Mercy Brown was not the first to die. Her mother
George Washington Carver: Touching Infinity
Cursory research into the life of Carver reveals a sort of apolitical figure, someone who cared about peanuts and plants and little more. This could not be further from the truth. George Washington Carver lived and eventually died not knowing the
Surviving Capitalism Through The Protection of Community
What I learned from these two years is that capitalism is not something you ever truly survive. You are a slave to the world until the world is no more. CW/TW: mentions of sexual assault, gun violence, houselessness, and more
Abolish It All: A World Without Private Prisons is Still A World With Slaves
None of these candidates are committed to abolishing private prisons because each of them have investments in the very things that allow for prisons of any kind to exist. Bernie Sanders recently tweeted that he wants to end “private prisons and
Black and Indigenous American Solidarity is Crucial to Ending Settler Colonialism
Indigenous communities can offer support to Black Americans by doing our own reckoning while honoring the space they deserve to tell the truth about their history. By Angelina Newsom Last Week The New York Times released a ground-breaking enterprise called The 1619