An Open Letter to the Nation’s Leaders: ‘Your Prayers Aren’t Worth Anything to my Broken Community’
by Bicky Khosla The following open letter is in response to the ninth-deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history, which took ...
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A Licensed Gun Holder Shot and Killed my Brother – Shawn’s Story
by Falesia Allie – Follow @browngirlmag A licensed gun holder shot and killed my brother five years ago in Broward County, Florida. Today, ...
Thank You, Ian Grillot, for Being What America is All About and Standing up for Immigrants
This is an open letter to Ian Grillot. Grillot came to the rescue when a very hateful man started harassing ...
Remembering the Victims of the Quebec Mosque Shooting
As much as POTUS likes to use examples of terrorism to exhibit his condemnation for lethal violence and thereby reinforce ...
The Story of Islamophobia, Feminism and Chapel Hill
“Daddy, I think he hates us for who we are and how we look,” said Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21, to ...
One Peshawar Gravedigger Weeps Over Such Small Graves
There’s no other way to put it. I’ve been a gravedigger for more than 20 years and I’m automatically grateful ...
Remembering the Oak Creek Community Two Years After Mass Murder
August 5, 2012: A day marked in history, not only for the Sikh community or Oak Creek, Wisconsin, but for ...
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