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Activism

On Guerrilla Archives in the Disinformation Age

How the archival work of librarians and other activists helps preserve more than just history.

by Jessica Jacolbe

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"Oath of the Horatii" by Jacques-Louis David
Art

Painting as It Burns

by Cara Marsh Sheffler

During a street rehearsal by the Unidos da Tijuca samba school, and under heavy rain, the opening performance group performs one of its choreographies from the storyline honoring writer Carolina Maria de Jesus near Favela do Borel, in the Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Community

A History Lesson Through Samba

by Nicole Froio

An illustration of a flock of birds in formation to form a bigger bird, facing off against a fighter jet.
Protest

We Must Hold the Line

by Leila Seiitbek

An illustration depicting various #WeirdTok videos.
Soapbox

How Weird Can Your For You Page Get?

by s.e. smith

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Adult friendshiP

An illustration of a laundry line, with white sheets billowing in the wind. Behind it, we can see the shadows of two women holding paper cut-outs of shoes on sticks, and the silhouettes of the New York skyline. In the foreground, there's a plastic chair with a pair of red cowboy boots.
Old Friends

The Cycle of Mothering

by Delilah Saul

Illustrator of the silhouettes of two women, one braiding the hair of the other. They are in shadow, standing in front of a window with a sunrise, while the rest of the room is shrouded in darkness.
Old Friends

Emergency Contact

by Ana María Betancourt Ovalle

An illustration in colored pencil showing photos taped to a wall. The background photos are muted, but the center photo is in vivid color, showing three children of different ages sitting on top of a white car. One is a young girl wearing a blue shirt and pink socks, and next to her is a boy with a backwards green cap with his arm around her. On the hood of the car, a girl with blonde hair in a pink shirt and green shorts holds a black cat.
Old Friends

First Friends, Once Removed

by Diana Ruzova

An illustration of a woman sitting in the dark of her home on a red chair next to a burning candle. There's a folding paper screen next to her with the shadow of another woman behind it. In four insert boxes, there are two women on opposite ends of a phone conversation, an image of red flowers, and a pile of pebbles.
Old Friends

Ghost Story

by Jehanne Dubrow

Books We Love

Book cover for "Will The Future Like You?" by Patricia Martin.
Books

March Book of the Month: “Will The Future Like You?” by Patricia Martin

by Kovie Biakolo

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An illustration of a woman facing a man and opening a door where the front of his face should be.
Hope Week

Knocking On Hope’s Door

by Raina Lipsitz

A modern white keyboard on a black background. On each key, there's a thumbtack with the sharp end pointing upwards.
Censorship

The Shrinking Space for Media Freedom

by Katie Dancey-Downs

Protest

America Needs Azadi

by Safiyah Zaidi

An illustration of a brown dress shoe on a white background. The shoe is untied, and in all-caps white lettering on the side it says, "This machine kills fascists," a reference to Woody Guthrie, who would paint the same message on his guitars as protest during WWII.
Soapbox

Who Throws a Shoe, Honestly?

by Gina Mei

Following the bombing of the Kramatorsk railway station on April 08, 2022, the wounded civilians were evacuated to the hospital in Dnipro. In the photo, 9-year-old Rinat has sustained injuries and is lying on a hospital bed at the pediatric unit, facing away from the camera. His mother Olena is sitting next to him.
War

Motherhood on the Frontlines

by Sara Cincurova

The Archive

An illustration of four blow-up figures, pumping each other up with foot pedals.
Art

“The Collector, the Tax Attorney, His Wife & Her Art Advisor”

by Cara Marsh Sheffler

An illustration of a girl petting a goat, with a hunk of cheese sitting in a window behind them.
Activism

Practice Not Perfection

by Marianne Eloise

An illustration of a house as a flowering tree gradually grows within it, splitting it open with flowers.
Hope Week

The Strange Hopefulness of Growing a Human While the World Burns

by Anna Lind-Guzik

A two-panel illustration of a person with a flower head; in the first, the bud is closed, and in the second, the flower is in bloom.
Hope Week

Painting a More Hopeful Future

by Nicole Froio

An illustration of six pairs of hands holding out various dishes of food over a grassy expanse.
Hope Week

A Helping of Something Hopeful

by Erin Zimmer Strenio

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