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The white ghosts haunting Native Americans in 'The Sentence'

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The white ghosts haunting Native Americans in 'The Sentence'

November 23, 2021 • Louise Erdrich's novel turns the trope of the haunted Indian burial ground on its head with the story of a Native-run bookstore being visited by the ghost of a white woman obsessed with indigeneity.

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Code Switch is hiring a host!

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October 20, 2021 • We're looking for the next host of Code Switch — someone who can join our small, dynamic team to tell stories about race and identity, and how they shape every aspect of American life.

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson talks home, identity, and 'My Monticello'

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Jocelyn Nicole Johnson talks home, identity, and 'My Monticello'

by Karen Grigsby Bates

October 14, 2021 • In her debut book, My Monticello, author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson asks what it means to claim a home in a place like Charlottesville, Va., — where whom the city belongs to has long been in question.

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You Are What You Cook

by Alyssa Jeong Perry

October 2, 2021 • In her memoir, Crying In H Mart, released earlier this year, author and musician Michelle Zauner explores how cooking helped her understand her identity as a Korean American after her mother's death.

You Are What You Cook

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Walking Through "The Country Of Others"

by Leah Donnella

September 15, 2021 • In her new novel, In the Country of Others, Leila Slimani explores what it means to be an outsider. Her characters fight to establish their own identities while their country, Morocco, does the same.

Little Women Remixed, But Not Reimagined

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Little Women Remixed, But Not Reimagined

by Karen Grigsby Bates

September 12, 2021 • When Bethany Morrow was asked to write a new take on the beloved classic, she agreed on one condition: The new March family would look nothing like the old.

Little Women Remixed, But Not Reimagined

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When Should We Label Something 'Terrorism'?

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When Should We Label Something 'Terrorism'?

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

September 10, 2021 • After the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the word "terrorism" was everywhere. It's a powerful term that's had lasting implications for communities around the world.

Meet Alexis Nikole Nelson, The Wildly Popular 'Black Forager'

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Meet Alexis Nikole Nelson, The Wildly Popular 'Black Forager'

by Diba Mohtasham , Manoush Zomorodi

September 9, 2021 • Nelson has brought in a TikTok following of more than 2 million people by talking about food, culture, and how to "eat plants that do not belong to [her.]"

The Story Of J.P. Morgan's 'Personal Librarian' — And Why She Chose To Pass As White

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The Story Of J.P. Morgan's 'Personal Librarian' — And Why She Chose To Pass As White

by Karen Grigsby Bates

August 31, 2021 • For the Code Switch podcast, we talked to authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray to discuss The Personal Librarian — the fictionalized account of the very real Belle da Costa Greene.

Indian Boarding Schools' Traumatic Legacy, And The Fight To Get Native Ancestors Back

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Indian Boarding Schools' Traumatic Legacy, And The Fight To Get Native Ancestors Back

by Sam Yellowhorse Kesler

August 28, 2021 • After discoveries of more than 1,300 bodies at Canada's residential schools, the U.S. is now facing a crucial moment of reckoning with its own history of Native American boarding schools.

Indian Boarding Schools' Traumatic Legacy, And The Fight To Get Native Ancestors Back

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