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The Incomplete Picture of 'Writing With Fire'

Rather than painting a story about exceptionalism, the filmmakers could have just portrayed Khabar Lahariya as what it is consistently.

Passport photo of Mahia Mehmi
Mahia Mehmi, Canada 1906 Image via Anita Lal
Analysis

The Time-Honored History of Caste Oppressed People in Canada

By Riya Talitha
This may be the largest and oldest Dalit population on the North American continent.
Image of a blurry college campus with students
Image via Shutterstock
News

Organizers are Mobilizing for Caste Protections in U.S. Institutions. Here's Why

By Aswini Melekote
Adding caste as a protected category ensures victims of casteism can report abuse and receive protection.
Image of an incarcerated person with a target on their back, the police state, and black and brown people
Image via Dey Hernández, Jorge Díaz Ortiz and Sylvia Hernández
Commentary

'Abolition Means Living Without Fear'

By Will Depoo
What prison abolition could mean for Indo-Carribbean and other marginalized communities in NYC.
image of Rohingya woman with yellow headscarf looking out a window
Image via Flickr/ UN Women/Allison Joyce
News

'The Entire World Knows Our Name'

By Imrul Islam
The first Rohingya families reached Chicago in 2012, and by 2016, the community had grown to almost 1,500.

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