Stories of  Identity

Her community faces a deadly epidemic of violence and trauma. To defend it, trans woman Stephanie Skora is using the most powerful weapon she has: activism. Before she came out as a lesbian, genderqueer trans woman, Stephanie Skora was a sensitive, self-conscious Jewish kid living in a conservative ...

Motherhood is one of the hardest jobs in the world. One that comes with no training, no manual, and a varying pay scale....

When Rebecca Lolosoli’s husband left their village of Wamba, in the Samburu District in Kenya for a business trip, a group of men attacked and robbed her....

The first week of July is one associated with fireworks and feasts for many people in North America. “Canada Day” is a national holiday intended to mark the passing of the Constitution Act in 1867 and thus the creation of what we now call “Canada”. ...

As a young artist, Joseph “Joey Stylez” LaPlante never had a mentor. “It’s something I never experienced; I had to learn everything on my own,” he explains. “I know I would be way better off if I had someone that could have ......

Murder is streaming live in the palms of our hands. The lands and cities are burning. This has been a summer of protest, pandemic and pollution. It’s hard to breathe when you’re being choked by smoke, COVID-19 or the police....

Madison Slobin and Becca Schwenk are chosen family - best friends entwined by culture, religion and a unique type of kinship. This powerful connection not only to one another, but to their faith and community of radical young Jews is what sparked their initiative, Shiva Delivers....

— This article was originally published on Stratagem. There’s a sense of pride to be derived from knowing where you come from, though without much understanding of who we are, […]...