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Several Philadelphia police officers stroll through the West Philadelphia neighborhood destroyed by the bombing of the MOVE headquarters. The police and radical African American organization MOVE faced off, until the police bombed the group's house. (Getty Images)

Apologies for MOVE bombing aren't enough

Mike Africa Jr.
Kanye West attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 09, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)

Kanye West, bipolar disorder and me

Darryl Robertson
An empty classroom (Getty/ martinedoucet)

I'm OK with my kids "falling behind"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Side view of girl wearing helmet while standing on skateboard in garage (Getty Images)

Going back to school? Ditch gender norms

Lisa Selin Davis
Rules For Being Dead by Kim Powers (Blair Publishing/George Paul/Salon)

Solving the mystery of my mother's death

Kim Powers
House plants, with a medical mask hanging off the stem (Illustration by Ilana Lidagoster/Salon)

After prison, graduating into a pandemic

Hanima Eugene, Ela Banerjee, Cliff Mayotte
Cocktails at the bar (Getty Images)

I’m not going back to work as a server

Nikki Ervice
A diploma scroll and graduation cap with a medical mask hooked around the top button (Illustration by Ilana Lidagoster/Salon)

A refugee's graduation into uncertainty

Claudine Katete, Katrina Powell
Police officers breaking down doors (Getty Images)

When the cops break down your door

D. Watkins
Rear view of woman in front of house (Getty Images)

Alzheimer's in the era of COVID-19

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A face mask chessboard, and prison bars (Illustration by Ilana Lidagoster/Salon)

How COVID-19 affects the incarcerated

Shearod McFarland, Mateo Hoke
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What "from the hood to the holler" means

Minda Honey
Sesame Street (Warner Media/CNN)

Kids need to keep learning about racism

Danni Quintos
Demonstrators march as part of a Juneteenth Celebration on June 19, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when a Union general read orders in Galveston, Texas stating all enslaved people in Texas were free according to federal law. (J. Countess/Getty Images)

Fighting two viruses: COVID-19 & racism

Takirra Winfield Dixon
Senior woman on the phone (Getty Images)

Seniors being targeted for COVID scams

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A demonstrator raises his fist at a gathering to celebrate Juneteenth at the 16th street "Black Lives Matter Plaza" near the White House. The US marks the end of slavery by celebrating Juneteenth, with the annual unofficial holiday taking on renewed significance as millions of Americans confront the nation's living legacy of racial injustice. (Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The long road to justice

Mitchell L.H. Douglas
Dwight Watkins feeding his daughter (Photo provided by Dwight Watkins)

What I'm celebrating this Father's Day

D. Watkins
Boy Watching Father Shaving (Getty Images)

Lessons from teaching my son to shave

John Powers
Medical workers walk outside a special coronavirus area at Maimonides Medical Center on May 26, 2020 in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

I'm your doctor. Hear me on COVID

Chaya Bhuvaneswar
A man salutes at a mural dedicated to George Floyd, across the street from the Cuney Homes housing project in Houston's Third Ward, where Floyd grew up and later mentored young men, on June 10, 2020 in Houston, Texas. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

George Floyd and the white gaze

Niki Herd
Demonstrators in Baltimore protest the murder of George Floyd (Devin Allen)

What happens after the protests end?

D. Watkins
Jessica Vaughn (Photo provided by Author)

I'm still running my heart out

Jessica Vaughn
Cleaning a big mess (Getty Images)

What cleaning a hoarder house is like

Christopher Lancette
Barkskins (National Geographic/Philippe Bosse)

"Barkskins" respectful Native depictions

Migizi Pensoneau
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