May 2021

To Defund or Not to Defund: Is Community Policing Viable in the #BLM Era?
In the face of the "Defund the Police" movement, an alternative method of policing is gaining traction.

“I Don’t Perform Black, I Perform Filipina”
How Asian American Women Navigate the Hip-Hop Industry by Respecting the Culture While Paving Their Own Path
A Crisis at the U.S. Census: Do We Still Need a Race Box?
The US is projected to become a majority nonwhite country by 2060. Activists want to expand the Census categories that represent themselves. But does more mean better?

Defense Against a Controlled Cyberspace
A Study of When Users Turn to the Privacy and Censorship Circumvention Software, Tor

Go Call Your Ancestors
How Young People Can Learn to Reckon with a Plague

In the name of Jah and Dick Gregory, a new Vegan Movement is Born
How Black vegans and vegans of color are organizing around food to pay tribute to past leaders and pave a healthier future around plant-based living.

Schwarze Leben zählen
How the murder of George Floyd sparked a new discussion on racism and minority rights in Austria