The Art Class is a Sanctuary City
In art class everyone is encouraged to be who they are and make art about what they care about. More
“Zoned” and “Red Tape”
Before your clothes get recycled, dumped in the landfill, or even purchased—at the thrift store or the mall—they're packed up at warehouses and brought in overland by trucks. More
Black History in Its Own Words
“In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing, anti-humanism.” More
Nat Turner
"And about this time i had a vision—and I saw white spirits and black spirits engaged in battle, and the sun was darkened—the thunder rolled in the Heavens, and… More
Mumia and the Multitudes
A graphic short story by new Illustrated PEN guest editor Seth Tobocman on the case of Mumia Abu Jamal, who was sentenced to death in 1982 for the murder… More
#Snowflake
I remember that horrible feeling on election night, when it became clear things were rapidly going south. More
Weekend After
I grew up in the deep south during segregation. It was the worst racism and discrimination. But we fought and we didn’t let ourselves become hopeless. More
Battleground
When I lived between border patrol checkpoints, no one ever told me to go home. More
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