In his 1963 “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr. wrote that, “I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is ...

This episode was originally published on June 12, 2024 as “The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation.” Four dalit women in grayscale, over an orange colorized background. Their bare chests ...

In recent years, social justice leaders have consistently called for a systems change approach to redressing the root causes of social problems, rather than only mitigating their symptoms. These ...

International Women’s Day, March 8, was the occasion for reports and commentary on women’s oppression ─ its continuation and its softening, here and there. A lot of the oppression stems from women’s ...

A prolific art exhibit is tucked away in perhaps one of the most unassuming buildings on Detroit’s west side. In the lobby of Northwest Activity Center, a triptych of white paint creeps in on a black ...

The humanities have entered a new era, one focused on deconstructing power and privilege, rethinking race and identity, and reimagining justice and equality. The goal is no longer just to interpret ...

New research into China's ongoing "war against Uyghurs" has unraveled the vast political mechanism behind seven years of suspected oppression against the indigenous inhabitants of Xinjiang, where ...

The joint checking account is a system of oppression that needs dismantling — or something like that. All available evidence suggests that couples are not only less likely to wed, but they are also ...