The living-room set of One Day at a Time might tempt you to think of it as a traditional sitcom (a la Friends), but the complex conversations the show embarks are quick to dissuade that thought. Consider the opening scene of Season 3, Episode 2, “Outside”: Elena, the lesbian daughter in a second-generation Cuban family,…
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Pero aquí estamos: A Review of El Huracán
“La sangre nos trata destrozar…El gobierno nos trata destrozar…Las tormentas nos tratan destrozar…Pero aquí estamos.” | “Our blood tries to destroy us…The government tries to destroy us…The storms try to destroy us…But here we are.” A storm is brewing in Miami, Florida in 1992. As a small Cuban family prepares to brace the storm, loyalty…
Just Do It: Both Sports & Politics
Although the NFL is over a month underway, Colin Kaepernick, former San Francisco 49ers pro quarterback, continues to make headlines despite not having played a game in almost two years. On September 6, 2018, Nike spurred a series of mixed reactions with feature of Colin Kaepernick, who narrated the 30th anniversary rendition of its “Just…
Let’s Talk: New Haven Reproductive Justice and the Fight to Normalize Healthy Black Birth
When Dr. Khiara Bridges, revered lawyer and anthropologist, rose to the podium at the Yale School of Public Health on September 17th for “Pathologizing Black Birth”, she held her head high and told the story of Rhonda. Rhonda, a mother of four, had just finished settling a lawsuit filed seven years earlier with the…
Why Race Still Matters // a reflection on Dr. Cornel West
I often contemplate what history books will say about the time we live in now. Neo-Nazis marching freely through the streets, gun control such a controversial topic even as mass shootings become the norm, a global lack of empathy as wars rage with children as the casualties. It’s hard to fathom that events like these…