Sage Kendahl Howard

LGBTQ+ Leaders Contributed So Much To Black History - So Why Was Their Queerness Erased?

More nuanced stories about our leaders can release the shame around queerness and gender fluidity.

Slavery Fueled Our Climate Crisis. Here's How Reparations Can Slow It Down.

Addressing all the damage is going to take more than money - it's going to take new laws and a deeper understanding of how our climate crisis came to fruition.

This New Film's Portrayal Of Young Black Motherhood Is Both Poignant And Telling

Through Teyana Taylor's character in the new movie, director A.V. Rockwell examines the systems that continue to hold us back.

This Disability Activist's Viral Post Breaks Down Just How Unfair The Marriage Penalty Is

Disability activist Imani Barbarin explains why "happily ever after" can come with a loss of income and health benefits.

These Japanese Incarceration Camp Survivors Are Calling Out A Climate Change Measure That Feels...

The Bureau of Land Management is planning to build a wind farm near one of the few remaining sacred spaces for Japanese American survivors of incarceration camps.

Fashion Week Got Political - And In The Best Way

New York's "largest LGBTQIA+ fashion show" of the week was also a reminder that style can be a powerful tool for resistance.

Bklyns 'First and Only' Androgynous Thrift Shop Struggles to Keep its Doors Open

The Raga Closets Instagram page is carefully curated, featuring retro Afrocentric streetwear looks paired with millennial-style messaging- a glimpse into the creative minds of the East New York couple that established the brand.

The ERA: Why Black Women Need It Most

The Fund for Women's Equality reports that 80 percent of Americans believe women are protected equally under the US Constitution. That is until they, or a woman they know, stand before a judge in a court of law. It is then that they too often realize this is not necessarily the case, and for black women, this is particularly problematic.

Friendships Blossom at Tam Doc Hospital

This blog post sheds light on the work of VCF through the story of one of its beneficiaries

The New York City squeeze - Sage K. Howard - Medium

Reports show an increase in New Yorkers living in severely overcrowding small apartments to afford rent. "This is the door to my room" said 24-year-old Brianne Wright as she pulled back the tan and blue curtains dividing her bedroom from what is actually her family's living room.

NYCHA is leasing land to private developers to build affordable housing, but for whom?

At the end of July, workers in hardhats cut down trees that grew on a plot of land on the corner of Saint Edwards and Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn. For years, the plot, belonging to the New York City Housing Authority, attracted very little attention.

How Black Co-Ops Can Fight Institutional Racism | VICE | United States

My parents realized when I was young that the schools in our Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood were subpar compared to those in Manhattan. So they combined their resources with other families in my community to start a carpool service that transported me and other neighborhood kids to the higher-quality schools in Lower Manhattan.

An ode to New Brooklyn

A youthful response to all rants about gentrification. While older New Yorkers indulge in middle-aged-man debate over who to blame for the blessing of a curse we call gentrification, there are a whole generation of voices affected by this urban phenomenon, whose opinions have been over-looked by public figures.

New York City's Grittiest: A Subway Rider's Survival Guide

New York City's Subway lines are the clogged arteries that pump thousands of city dwellers in and out of neighborhoods in the heart of the five boroughs daily. Only seasoned subway riders' gain full appreciation for the city's dysfunctionally reliable mass transit, for everyone else, every commute has the potential to feel like the commute from hell.

Sandy's Blues

Stoopolitics

As a mini-series of open discussions with various groups of young men of color, Stoopolitics' mission is to capture and reveal the opinions,emotions, and passions of a diverse set of individuals in a manner that deconstructs traditional stereotypes, and sheds light on the promising futures of minority males living in America.