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I’m a virgin. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with this, assuming that it’s your choice. Where it starts to be a problem is when you recognize that you possess and want to express these desires, and society denies them. Worse, society deems you undesirable and ascribes a complete and total sexual absence to you and your entire community at large, with few exceptions.

Decolonizing nonprofits means decentering whiteness and honoring difference within our organizations. It means discovering how our ancestors took care of their communities before nonprofits existed and learning from their practices.

She went from anger about drugs to working in Harm Reduction with a kinder approach to drug use. Here’s her poignant story of unlearning common myths about drug users.

The cushion that is fiction can lead writers to support their stories with the argument that it’s a made-up reality, that is, that it’s just a movie, just a TV show, just a book. But it’s never “just.”

How do politicians like Trump rile up their audiences about race while pretending they’re not racist? These racial dog whistles will sound familiar.

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Have you ever encountered white guilt like this author did? Here are four good reasons why this author says “I can’t and won’t prioritize white tears, anger, and guilt.”

A person is holding up a "Black Lives Matter" sign at a protest

Still don’t get the need for #BlackLivesMatter? Here’s how to move into action and solidarity, with an answer to the question on many peoples’ minds: “So, Black Lives Matter…now what?”

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Have you thought about anti-black racism in Latinx communities? This author started out reflecting on what’s happening to Haitians in the Dominican Republic, and ended up learning lessons about solidarity that we can all learn from.

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Do these answers change anything about your approach to racial justice?

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We can relate to this – solidarity in our movements, but hurting each other in our personal lives. Can you?

Many times when wealthy people move into a low-income neighborhood, they truly want to help. Oftentimes, they even start community programs and become leaders in the community, often through beautification projects. And while I get why this seems to be good at first glance, it really isn’t. Gentrification hurts communities of color, and these are some of the ways how.

When we pair the entitlement that men too often feel with the everyday misogyny that women face, we have a dangerous combination. And we cannot expect women to be the only ones leading men to change. If we do, then we are surely contributing to the wider problem. So here are 10 simple ways that men can combat sexist entitlement in public.

Constructs of patriarchy arise internally and appear externally every day. For women who are mothers, the back-to-school slam dance can be an opportunity to allow the rigid boundaries of good and bad to loosen. Questioning the authority of constructs of good/bad motherhood requires an ongoing critical reflection of how we are in the world, and how we are with the world. Glue sticks not required.

There’s a good chance that even your friends who are foodies or vegans haven’t thought all of this through. Find out why it’s more than “just food.”

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You’ve heard some of the stories – but police targeting of people of color is more common than you may think. Here’s the outrageous truth of what’s really going on.