Tieshka K Smith·Sep 9Framing Creative AuthorityWhat we think we know about the work — and the person who made itA response icon2A response icon2
Tieshka K Smith·Sep 2What Has The Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival in Germantown Asked of Me as a Witness?What twelve years of photographing one community celebration has taught me about presence, context and bearing witness.
InEngagebyTieshka K Smith·Aug 22The Space Between What Was, And What’s NextWhat my photographic practice is teaching me about patience, discernment and creative uncertainty.A response icon7A response icon7
Alan Brochstein·Jul 20My Juneteenth WalkLast year, I could not walk on Juneteenth, as I was still recovering from my emergency room visit due to my bronchiectasis, but this year I…
Normanalicia·Jul 18Don’t Cosplay as a Confederate Soldier Every Weekend and tell me to Forget About Slavery!Let’s clear up the confusion real quick; there is a massive, daylight-sized difference between recording history and revering it. Stripping…
Setche Kwamu-Nana·Jul 2I Don’t Do the Fourth of July. But here’s Why This Year Is Different.A letter to San Diego’s communities who have quietly stayed home every Fourth of July
LaToya R Jefferson-James·Jun 29Because No One Is Getting Beat on the Legislative Floor: 5 Reasons Why ALL Americans Should…I know that American politics can be downright depressing. I know that it is sometimes hard looking at the evening news. It seems as if for…
Samantha Dawson-Williams·Jun 22Working on Juneteenth: Building a Black-Owned Business While Learning Painful Lessons About Black…African-American woman creating a vector file on a computer.
Tim Black·Jun 22They Released the Karmelo Anthony Footage on Juneteenth. Let That Sit.They waited until Juneteenth.