Making a Home on Black-Owned Land
In her new book, ‘Rooted,’ Brea Baker unpacks the legacy of land theft in America. But first, a visit to her own backyard.
The Boy Is (Still) Mine: Honoring My Queer Motherhood Journey
I didn’t carry my first-born son. Biologically, he has none of my DNA. But that doesn’t make him any less my child.
Something Old, Something New
I always thought I’d get married in a church. But when I got engaged to my now-wife, I knew we’d need to find an alternative.
Rooting for Black Land Ownership
Exploring the history of land theft in the U.S., Brea Baker argues that the Black reparations and Indigenous Landback movements are stronger together.
When Is it Okay to Laugh Again?
I laughed today. I work at a university and our team ordered vegetarian noodles for lunch and the caterers thought noodles with imitation crab and shrimp was vegetarian enough and we laughed.
Yale Announces a New Center for Race Studies. A Yale Senior Asks, Now What?
For Brea Baker, the school's new center for race and migration studies is a Band-Aid on a bullet hole.