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My American dreams and nightmares

Darryl Robertson
A sign in front of King Elementary School encourages students to participate in remote learning on September 08, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. Students at King Elementary and the rest of Chicago public schools started classes today with students being taught remotely because of COVID-19 concerns. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

COVID is causing a teacher shortage

Lesley Lavery
Tesla head Elon Musk (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Have we hit peak Karen?

Nicole Karlis
Campaign signs are seen at Westchester Regional Library in Miami, Florida on October 19, 2020. (EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI/AFP via Getty Images)

Secret Democrat married to a Trump voter

Heather Christie
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Protesters hold banners and shout slogans during the 12th day of protests against the Constitutional Court ruling on tightening the abortion law in front of the Archbishops Palace on November 02, 2020 in Krakow, Poland. The country's constitutional tribunal recently ruled that terminating pregnancies due to serious, irreversible fetal defects is unconstitutional. The decision sparked a wave of protests against the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS). (Omar Marques/Getty Images)

Mass protests for reproductive rights

Julie Burkhart
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"We young, bro," my friend tells me

D. Watkins
Microwave of Olympic hopeful cyclist Mandy Marquardt is seen in between training sessions in her home on June 02, 2020 in Allentown, Pennsylvania (Elsa/Getty Images)

I ditched my microwave & have no regrets

Michelle Eigenheer
Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

What Joe Biden needs to know about rehab

Darryl Robertson
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The Wire (HBO)

Thanksgiving, "The Wire" and me

D. Watkins
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During a dark year, a dream realized

Mary Elizabeth Williams
a young Scoot Warren and his father (Photo provided by Scott Warren)

Trauma ran away with my childhood

Scott Warren
The Martin Luther King statue is seen at the MLK Memorial on February 28, 2015 in Washington, DC. (KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images)

We don't want monuments, we want justice

Takirra Winfield Dixon
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Huey Newton and Ice Cube (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Ice Cube helped launch my education

Darryl Robertson
Empty Halloween pumpkin candy bucket (Getty Images)

The year of no Halloween

Eleanor Henderson
Afro American cute children in sportswear is meditating on yoga mat outdoor (Getty Images/Nitat Termmee)

I'm sheltering my kids as long as I can

Alanah Nichole Davis
People in face masks working at computers (Getty Images)

The female recession, explained

Nicole Karlis
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Raising My Son In A Kale World (Illustration by Ilana Lidagoster/Salon)

Raising a Black son in a white world

Shauntrice Martin
Toxic Masculinity (Illustration by Ilana Lidagoster/Salon)

Unlearning toxic masculinity

D. Watkins
Dr. Julie Butler, who passed away in April 2020 of complications due to COVID-19. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Sheila Butler)

My sister died of COVID-19 — and racism

Sheila Butler
Telemedicine doctor and patient (Getty Images)

I never want to go back to IRL doctors

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Sujata Day (Greggywawa Photography)

Navigating Hollywood as a woman of color

Sujata Day
Bear standing near mouth of Brooks River (U.S. National Park Service)

Survival of the fattest is peak 2020

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participates in the first presidential debate against U.S. President Donald Trump at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University on September 29, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Biden's openness about addiction matters

Sean Daniels
Naomi Osaka of Japan serves the ball during her Women's Singles third round match against Marta Kostyuk of the Ukraine on Day Five of the 2020 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 04, 2020 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

On being an unapologetic Black woman

Takirra Winfield Dixon
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