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Last week I (re)learned that sometimes the most effective and important thing I can do to support racial justice is shut up and write the damned check.

I spent a few days in our nation’s capital at the end of last week for the March on Washington 2026: Defend the Vote.

Content note: Repeated period references to Native Americans as “heathens,” “savages,” and “Indians.”

It’s hard not to despair.

Charlottesville, Nine Years Later

Editor’s Note: Of the six conversations with my ancestors in my draft book manuscript, this one is my favorite.

My Family’s Heritage of White Control Over Black Bodies

Giving Back What Our Ancestors Stole

Was Manhattan Stolen?

What the Borg Taught Me About Whiteness

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal”

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