Since the Western world learned of Vodou, it has been used to perpetuate racist tropes. This is the sordid history Black ...

On the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia, enslaved men and women built something that has never fit comfortably into the standard account of American religious history: a private ...

Afolabi Praise is a freelance writer interested in culture, history, science, technology, and social issues. His work explores overlooked stories, human experiences, and the ideas that shape how we ...

In rural Georgia, Quincy Howard apprentices in the family business preparing the body, mind, and spirit for homegoing rituals ...

In the South, death is rarely a private matter. It is met with food arriving at the family's door, cars pulling to the side of the road as a procession passes, and churches filled for a homegoing. I ...

Christopher C. Fisher is a Durham-rooted documentary photographer and filmmaker and an M.F.A. candidate in Documentary Expression at the University of Mississippi. He also directe ...

This essay is Part Five in a series analyzing the zombie racial Other in media. After the September 11 attacks, militainment gaming grew in popularity, especially those featuring aggressive patriotism ...

Texas abortion funds help people travel out of state for abortion care in states without deadly, restrictive bans. The funds buy plane tickets, book hotel rooms, coordinate childcare, and cover the ...

Watching the casket close on the people you love most changes you in ways you can only understand if you've lived it. Two years ago, I buried my mom and only nephew seven months apart, each time my ...