Toni Sturdivant, Texas A&M University-Commerce When Mattel announced in January 2022 that it was releasing a new Barbie doll to honor Ida B. Wells – the famed 19th-century Black journalist and anti-lynching crusader – the company said the idea was to “inspire us to dream big.” However, while the doll may prove helpful to youngContinue reading “Barbie doll that honors Ida B. Wells faces an uphill battle against anti-Blackness”
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Many Ukrainians face a future of lasting psychological wounds from the Russian invasion
Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University “Polina came to our bedroom awakened by the sound of explosions. I didn’t know and still don’t know what to tell her. Her eyes today are full of fear and terror; eyes of all of us.” Alina, a family friend who is a marketer and mother of two children fromContinue reading “Many Ukrainians face a future of lasting psychological wounds from the Russian invasion”
What Does the Current Situation of Gender Equality Look Like for Uyghurs in the Kashgar Region of Xinjiang?
“The machismo here used to be bad. A man drank tea at home with the teapot in front of himself. He would rather ask his wife, who works in the fields, to come back and pour himself a cup of tea than take the initiative to do so.” So said a village secretary in a township near Kashgar.
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