The Emancipator

Similar to how 19th-century antislavery publications helped to reshape and promote the fight for abolition, The Emancipator focuses on important perspectives, discussions, and research-driven opinions to change the national dialogue on racial equity and promote a fairer society for all. Our platform brings together journalists, scholars, and community members to engage in meaningful conversations. We highlight voices that have often been overlooked in history and today, showing how their insights can guide us toward a better future.

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Trump’s ‘baby bonus’ perpetuates racist and gendered notions about a woman’s worth

4 days ago | theemancipator.org | Chandelis Duster

When I first heard that the Trump administration was considering a $5,000 “baby bonus” for women to have children, I rolled my eyes. While government-funded financial assistance for childbirth may sound good on the surface and be an answered prayer for those longing for motherhood, it is, in fact, a slap in the face to all women, considering the tremendous financial cost of raising a child and the toll childbirth can have on a woman’s body, emotional state, and .
Surviving the culture vulture's bite

6 days ago | theemancipator.org | Frankie Huang

There are fierce debates surrounding how cultural appropriation is qualified and judged, but one thing is for certain — it is often the case that the thing that is stolen and subsequently popularized and monetized by the White cultural mainstream is subject to denigration and belittlement when it was practiced and consumed by marginalized communities.
Five years after ‘racial reckoning,’ most say the focus on racial equality did not improve Black Americans' lives, study says

1 week ago | theemancipator.org | Chandelis Duster

This month marks five years since George Floyd was murdered by a White police officer — an internationally condemned act that, coupled with the heightened attention on police brutality and its fatal impact on Black people, was a catalyst in 2020 to the so-called “racial reckoning.” It was an era many hoped would lead the country to make lasting progress toward racial equity.
Trump’s immigration and tariff policies complicate disaster response ahead of hurricane season

2 weeks ago | theemancipator.org | Kendra Pierre-Louis

After Hurricane Helene barreled through the Gulf Coast and hit North Carolina and the eastern Tennessee mountain region in September, devastating the region and killing 249 people, immigrant workers hauled wood and debris to help salvage hard-hit communities.
Trump’s first 100 days in office yield chaos and consequences

2 weeks ago | theemancipator.org | Chandelis Duster

The Trump administration has painted a picture that President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office is an unprecedented start to an era of peace and prosperity that will enhance the quality of life for all Americans. This is far from the truth. Through a deluge of legally questionable executive orders and policies, the administration has implemented hundreds of measures that disproportionately impact Black, Brown, and LGBTQ communities.
Why lesbians of color face a maternal health care crisis

2 weeks ago | theemancipator.org | Sam Donndelinger

This article originally appeared on Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet. In January, a lesbian couple from New Jersey had a labor playlist picked out, electronic candles ready to go and an “atmosphere” they wanted to create while birthing their first child. They were eager and “not at all worried.”But Amy and Jessica say their plans for a smooth birth went out the window when a routine checkup turned into a harrowing eight-day hospital stay. “It was awful.
Belonging to America as an immigrant demands taking a hammer to its ‘exceptional’ greatness

3 weeks ago | theemancipator.org | Frankie Huang

As an immigrant in America, I’ve learned that criticizing the state of the union is a faux pas, an indecency. The unspoken understanding is that while we call ourselves “American,” we are and always will be guests. A good guest is gracious, generous with praise, and a delight to the host, never a burden. In effect, the acceptance we enjoy as immigrants is conditional and based upon the pleasantness of our presence and our conviction in expressing our pleasure to be here.
For some Black landowners, 40 acres and a nightmare.

3 weeks ago | theemancipator.org | Chandelis Duster

Derrick Williamson says that when the Hardee family promised to give him 40 acres of land in Morgan County, Georgia, in June 2021, he thought his dream of opening an animal sanctuary had come true. He hewed wood and tilled soil, filled his biblically referenced animal sanctuary, The Way Dynamic Animal Therapy Encounters, with more than 100 animals, including sloths and wallabies, built enclosures, and made improvements — all of which increased the property value.
In ‘My Pisces Heart,’ a Black expatriate finds an imperfect community

1 month ago | theemancipator.org | Jenny Shank

Jennifer Neal began packing moving boxes early in her life when her father’s career ambitions prompted repeated relocations across the U.S. “Approximately every three years,” Neal writes, “I could become someone else.” After college, Neal taught English in Japan, and while there, she began to envision her adulthood as an expatriate.
Nikita Redkar is ‘yassifying’ the news so you’ll pay attention

1 month ago | theemancipator.org | Frankie Huang

Social media creator Nikita Redkar’s aesthetics and delivery style are part of a satirical “bimbofication” niche exemplified by a hyperbolic, hyper-feminized performance of being hot and dumb. Think Elle Woods from “Legally Blonde” or Ziwe Fumudoh, whose personas turn negative feminine stereotypes on their heads while looking fabulous.