What happened to Jordan Neely is not an anomoly Jordan Neely, an unhoused 30-year old Black man who was a Michael Jackson impersonator, was killed in an NYC subway car on Monday, May 1, by a 24-year old white man. …

Many online “educators” enjoy and benefit from the fact that people are reliant on them for knowledge. Let me explain why that’s a problem. Exploring topics independently is a crucial part of education, but many online “educators” replicate a top-down education model that’s already failed people in school. They are…

Plastics pollution is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time, from the heavy-polluting production process to the plastic waste littering our streets and oceans. And this year, Washington-based Funko collectibles will demonstrate just how easy it is to throw even more plastic into the waste stream. Funko…

Black self-love and the shaming of white allies Anti-Blackness is one of America’s best-selling products, and it is foundational to the socioeconomic hierarchy of our society. Fighting anti-Blackness, then, is viewed as a threat to both capitalism and whiteness, because whiteness has always been defined in opposition to Blackness. Anti-woke…

My biggest lesson from the last few years is that a lot of abuse apologists call themselves abolitionists. In abolitionist circles, they find philosophical validation for the victim blaming they were going to engage in anyway. Abuse apologists champion an abolitionist philosophy that is anti-punishment yet punishes survivors, that reintegrates…