The Pleasure and Peril of Gardening While Black The Pleasure and Peril of Gardening While Black
Poet Camille T. Dungy's Soil is a personal and wide-ranging history of the garden and the environment in African American life.
Oct 26, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Edna Bonhomme
Without Apology: Abortion in Literature Without Apology: Abortion in Literature
Some of the most powerful, important abortion narratives show working-class women terminating their pregnancies without regret or anguish.
Jun 26, 2023 / Feature / Edna Bonhomme
Learning and Healing in the Archive of Black Thought Learning and Healing in the Archive of Black Thought
Farah Jasmine Griffin’s memoir Read Until You Understand doubles as a syllabus, taking readers on a personal tour through Black intellectual history.
Aug 16, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Edna Bonhomme
Covid Threatens to Worsen Disparities in Maternal and Reproductive Care Covid Threatens to Worsen Disparities in Maternal and Reproductive Care
We must address racial inequalities head-on, rather than wishing them away.
Oct 1, 2020 / Edna Bonhomme
The Racial Politics of ‘Return’ The Racial Politics of ‘Return’
Tourism initiatives in Ghana and beyond leave out black people without the economic means to travel.
Apr 10, 2020 / Edna Bonhomme
Debt Is Holding Black Americans Hostage Debt Is Holding Black Americans Hostage
To break free, we need an honest conversation about reparations and forgiveness on a mass scale.
Nov 7, 2019 / Edna Bonhomme
The Disturbing Rise of ‘Femonationalism’ The Disturbing Rise of ‘Femonationalism’
Across Europe, politicians are hijacking feminist language to further right-wing ideologies.
May 7, 2019 / Edna Bonhomme