Several months ago, a local Maine publication broke the story of how members of the white supremacist group Proud Boys were meeting in a downtown Portland, Maine, pub since early 2021—and how the owners of the pub were more concerned about making money than whether or not hosting white supremacists would reflect poorly on them. …
Last summer, millions were declaring that the United States had reached a turning point in its painful racial history. The death of George Floyd appeared to be mobilizing people not just across the country but also elsewhere in the world to care about racial justice. In the United States, protests took place in every state, …
How do you see the world? Is it an either/or, zero-sum game? Have you considered “both/and?” Recovering from my addiction to whiteness (aka the “culture of white dominance,” aka “white supremacy culture”) requires that I practice living in new ways. I need to build new pathways in my brain, practice being different than I am …