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Gun Violence

Buffalo and Uvalde, Six Months Later

Communities directly affected by a mass shooting don’t just get to move on when there’s another one.

by Raina Lipsitz

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LGBTQ

Russia’s New Anti-LGBTQ Legislation is Just More of the Same Authoritarianism

by Chrissy Stroop

A chrome package of cigarettes with "Capitalism Kills" on the label. Each of the cigarettes is a shopping back. One has been "put out" on a silver coin to the left, and two more silver coins lean against the back of the box.
Community

Freedom to Want

by Melissa Chadburn

A lithograph of a watercolor painting of an exploding cloud surrounded by a ring of red-orange light, and a blue-gray sky beyond it.
Feminism

Can We Write Our Way to a New Word?

by Rachel Pafe

Books

The Healed Body

by Jude Ellison S. Doyle

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Old Friends

The Healing Power of the Friendship Retreat

by Alanna Bennett

A painting of a woman from behind, holding a glass of wine and looking out at a party where everyone is socializing.
Old Friends

No New Friends

by Amil Niazi

An illustration of a photo album, with two people in different photos reaching out across the page towards each other.
Old Friends

How Do You Reconnect with Someone You Haven’t Spoken to in a Decade?

by Lio Min

A black and white illustration of a man looking melancholy; a colorful illustration of him surrounded by friends is breaking through the "canvas."
Old Friends

“Why Don’t I Have Any Friends?”

by Nick Slater

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Feminism

The Fight for an Otherwise

by M. Shadee Malaklou

Bad Bunny wearing a black long sleeved shirt, a black cloth face mask, and giant sunglasses that shield his eyes, looking directly at the camera while waving a giant Puerto Rican flag.
Opinion

“Electrify Everything” Doesn’t Work in Puerto Rico

by Alicia Kennedy

Wildfires Devastate Wetlands Of The Parana Delta
Climate Change

You Should Give a Sh*t About: The Escazú Agreement

by Pedro Cisterna Gaete

A black and white watercolor painting of many hands, lifting up together towards the sun.
Abolition

Four Abolitionist Library Workers Walk Into a Bar

by Gina Mei

An illustration of Aban Pestonjee sitting at a table with a fast food meal.
Food

The Wartime Roots of the Global Fast Food Boom

by Alex Park

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Illustration of a woman kneeling in the middle of a soft, expansive landscape, placing a flower on the ground. There is a rainbow in the sky and a small, glowing figure in front of her. In an insert in the bottom right corner, we can see a close-up of the figure touching her forehead.
Travel

I Didn’t Believe in Elves Until I Did

by Marianne Eloise

A black and white illustration of a kitchen, with locks on the cupboard and a mouse eating a cracker; a rectangle of the illustration is done is color, showing a bowl of lemons, a blue sink, green counter, and pink checkered wall.
Essay

What’s Lost When a Home Becomes a Working Site of Capital

by Rax King

An illustration of a colorful house made up of a rainbow of faces.
Community

I Want to Start a Queer Commune

by Molly Savard

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Climate Change

Fighting Fire with Flerd

by Allison Keeley

An image of a purple orchid rearranged and reshuffled in a grid.
Beauty

Follow Her Nose

by Tracy Wan