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“I want to show greatness, fragility, softness and power.”: Alexis Peskine

05/10/2017

Peskine's nail sculptures transform anger into hope and pride...

What Holocaust? What War? Collective Amnesia in the Time of Trump

24/02/2017

First as tragedy, then as farce. History repeats, but which one are we living in?...

Not Such Bad Hombres: Crime is Lower Where Immigration is Higher

13/02/2017

Four decades of evidence finds no link between immigration and increased crime ...

The Straight, White Canon, and How to Evade It (Interview with Collective Creativity)

08/11/2016

Something Human curator Annie Jael Kwan talks to Collective Creativity members...

Appropriate Culture (Présence Autochtone 2016)

17/08/2016

Cultural appropriation, contemporary Canucks, positive vibes. Montreal celebrates the First Nation...

Congressman John Lewis: You Can Sit, But What Do You Stand For?

04/07/2016

A recent Washington sit-in by the Civil Rights veteran offers little but an entrenchment of the establishment...

The Predictably Easy Method of Transporting Illegal Drugs

03/07/2016

Black, Hispanic drivers stopped most often, white drivers most likely to have contraband ...

In, Out, Shake it All About. What Politicians Forget About a Unified Europe (Part Two)

05/05/2016

History provides a template for the society we live in. Outside of Europe, Britain would only have its own....

Can Your Name Shorten Your Life? Um…Kinda.

27/03/2016

What's in a name? In some cases, longer life ...

Trumped, But Not Out. Identity Politics in America, and the new Other

06/02/2016

An essay on how demographics have changed America, and how this affects the politics of identity....

Does Having Racially Diverse Friends Boost Your Career? Oh Yes

21/08/2015

Employees with a racially diverse group of friends outside of work may actually perform better at their jobs, a new study suggests....

Wigger, Wigga, Once Again

23/03/2015

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About Political Correctness

19/12/2014

Political correctness is not actually about quelling ‘freedom of speech’ for the sake of defending others from offense....

Niggas, Wiggas, Niggers, Wiggers. Language and the right to self-identify

07/10/2014

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”H/dropcap ow long you niggas ball? All day, nigga. How much time you spent at the mall? All day, nigga. – Kanye West In response to an...

Mixed Race Couples Spread the Love

22/06/2014

Couples that interacted with couples of another race showed a greater positive attitude toward the other group. News...

Looking whiter no self-esteem boost

13/07/2013

Looking whiter embodying racism: Race, rhinoplasty, and self-esteem in Venezuela...

South Asians Need More Exercise…

07/07/2013

South Asians (from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) may have to exercise more than white Europeans to achieve the same levels of fitness and reduce their risk of diabetes....