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Aigné Goldsby’s mom was a hairdresser. So as a kid, Goldsby would flex a variety of hairstyles. But at her majority white school, kids would do things…
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Jennifer De Leon grew up attending mostly white schools in the Boston area, where she tried to fit in.“I was in this mode of survival and assimilation,”…
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What we eat -- and where -- has changed for many of us over the past year. Some people are getting more takeout, while others are spending a lot more time…
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After the killings of eight people in Atlanta, including six Asian women, Caroline H. Lee wrote a commentary for WBUR’s blog Cognoscenti, responding…
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When singer Niu Raza wrote the song “Madagascar,” she wanted to capture the feeling of home through her lyrics and sound.In an interview with NEXT, Raza…
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NASA’s Artemis program plans to land the first woman on the moon by 2024. Half of the Artemis team is composed of women, including Jessica Meir, who grew…
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Charlie Vega is the heroine of Crystal Maldonado’s debut young-adult novel, “Fat Chance, Charlie Vega.” When Charlie describes herself, she uses the word…
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Since the racial reckoning last summer after the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, people are talking more openly about racism and…
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The latest vaccination data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that some New England states are vaccinating against COVID-19 quicker…
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In 2013, a social worker named Winston Taylor showed up for jury duty in New London, Connecticut. He was being questioned as a potential juror in the…