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I talked to Ramona Hernández, director of the only US university-based institute exclusively studying Dominicans.
The sociologist and I discussed the resistance of women under empire.
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Olga M. Segura
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May 2023
A night at the Bronx County Historical Society celebrates Malcolm X and Yuri Kochiyama
The celebration featured the exhibit, “With Our Hands/Con Nuestras Manos," which debuted on April 22 and features art by Bibi Esperanza Martell and…
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Olga M. Segura
A (violent) Saturday in the Bronx
I took these photographs as I thought about police brutality, specifically the daily, underreported ways police abuse us in the very spaces we pay to…
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Olga M. Segura
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Ten movies I am watching this month to think about organizing.
The recommendations are by my friend and comrade, Siddika.
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Olga M. Segura
April 2023
Lorraine Avila inspires me to be a more courageous storyteller.
The author's YA novel, "The Making of Yolanda La Bruja," debuted earlier this month.
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Olga M. Segura
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Kara Jackson performs at NYC's Rough Trade
The singer-songwriter performed from her debut album, "Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?"
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Olga M. Segura
Reading Audre Lorde in the spring.
In "Poetry Is Not a Luxury," Audre Lorde describes poetry as crucial for the survival of Black women.
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Olga M. Segura
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Easter, Eric Adams, and revolutionary theology in New York City.
The mayor attempts to erase the Black and brown religiosity of our city.
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Olga M. Segura
Bronx community gathers to protest the shooting of Dominican Raul De la Cruz
The De la Cruz family is Dominican, and Raul arrived in the Bronx 14 years ago.
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Olga M. Segura
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March 2023
Bx (Re)Birth and Progress—the Black birth workers caring for Bronx mothers.
The collective was created in 2020 by Carmen Mojica, Evelyn Alvarez, and Nicole JeanBaptiste.
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Olga M. Segura
Eric Adams, mayoral power, and the $102.7 billion NYC budget.
Understanding mayoral power means analyzing the budget and how Adams wants to spend it, yet neither is easy or intuitive.
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Olga M. Segura
TikToker Ayandastood is creating joy outside the white imagination.
What does it mean to live outside the white man’s imagination?
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Olga M. Segura
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