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License to Feel: ‘Sour’ Highlights the Unique Wisdom of Teen Girls
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Mexico, Part 2: “National Emergency,” for Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez
When I began the Mexico series last summer shortly after my trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, I thought that the words would just pour out. I had become obsessed with the region and the daily injustices occurring there, and expected that I would be able to translate my rage and sorrow into words with complete ease. But…
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Why are white women the face of black and brown civil rights?
As I neared the southeast corner of Patterson Park last Saturday, June 30, the knot in my stomach had yet to untie itself. After days-long rumination over whether or not I should show up to the Baltimore Families Belong Together rally, I had finally settled on attending. But my qualms persisted. As I drew closer…
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The Humility of Abode-Making
In the past year alone, I have come to know many a home. I have packed and unpacked more suitcases and boxes than I ever had to in my nineteen years prior and have set up shop in place after place with the full knowledge that I’d have to do it all again in a…
RODLYN-MAE BANTING 