It is a really jarring moment to be a historian. To know what might be coming is alarming. To realize that no one around you sees it or acknowledges it is a weird place to be in. Its like time traveling without time traveling. 1/8

“The fact that we are even having this conversation about what people of color are doing or not doing, is putting arguably an unfair burden on people of color to correct for the preferences of White people.” theemancipator.org/2024/11/17/top…

Peabody Award-winning journalist Rebecca Nagle sets the record straight on whitewashed American stories of Native past. theemancipator.org/2024/11/28/top…

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"Throughout [US] history, periods of transformative change are inextricably linked to violent uprisings and displacements of people. As painful and shocking as Jan. 6 was, it was not an outlier, but part of a historic continuum." - Adrian Carrasquillo theemancipator.org/2025/01/06/top…

Preparing for #MLKDay. Will I need this again?

"When Black adults want to teach Black kids how and why to love themselves, they will reach for art, and when they reach for poems, it is very possible you might get a Hughes poem when you are being taught to see and love Blackness." theemancipator.org/2025/01/09/top…

Queer nightlife has a radical history, as a space where Black and Brown people love freely and express themselves, Malavika Kannan writes for The Emancipator. theemancipator.org/2025/01/15/top…

This story is a slice of joy in challenging times. Words ✍🏽 by Malavika Kannan, stunning photography 📸by Mary Kang

Coronation day on Capitol Hill. 🎨 by Jeremy Nguyen #inauguration #Inauguration2025

"Trump’s election victories represent the coming to power of everything that King found morally reprehensible and politically indefensible regarding American democracy." - Dr. Peniel E. Joseph 🇭🇹🇺🇸 theemancipator.org/2025/01/21/top…

“Couching bigotry in concern about “qualifications” (which only seems to apply to non-White people) is just the socially acceptable way to launder racist disdain.” — Powerful piece from scholar Victor Ray for ⁦The Emancipator⁩ theemancipator.org/2025/01/28/top…

We have some big news to share. This summer, our co-founder Ibram X. Kendi will be moving to Howard University to build the Institute for Advanced Study, which will be dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of racism in the global African Diaspora.

My latest for Teen Vogue explores the horrific story of popular skincare ingredient Retin-A. Before Retin-A was approved by the FDA in 1971, it was tested on hundreds of incarcerated Black people in Philadelphia without their informed consent. The survivors still bear the scars

House Democrats sing “We Shall Overcome” following Rep. Al Green’s censure:

Don't miss this critical conversation on reproductive freedom tomorrow w/ Rep. Ayanna Pressley @ #SXSW 2:30pmCT. If you can't make it in person, you can watch the livestream right here: youtube.com/watch?v=j1Da-r…

President Trump signed an executive order that he said would “begin eliminating the federal Department of Education once and for all.” Attempts to shutter the Department of Education are congressionally unlikely and legally questionable. theemancipator.org/2025/03/19/sec…

Exclusive: Family of Harriet Tubman ‘angry’ after references removed from National Park Service website Chandelis Duster for The Emancipator theemancipator.org/2025/04/08/top…

Leading this team these 4 yrs was a transformative journey but it’s time to take what I’ve learned & do something new. I’m grateful for this opportunity and to my incredible colleagues for their support and dedication to this critical work. theemancipator.org/2025/06/26/fro…