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[Black people have] learned a lot from being invisible, spit on, dishonored, and devalued. One thing we’ve learned is that when you have been terrorized, it is spiritually empty to terrorize others back.
By Judith HertogSeptember 2018For a term paper I demanded a Louis Vuitton purse. For a take-home midterm, a Tiffany bracelet.
By Vanessa HuaJuly 2018Featuring Lorenzo Milam, Tram Nguyen, Brian Doyle, and more.
July 2018June 2018It was the last day of school, and I was walking with my dad. . . . Suddenly, he paused, looked at me intently, and said, “Son, you’re a black male, and that’s two strikes against you.” To the general public, anything that I did would be perceived as malicious and deserving of severe punishment, and I had to govern myself accordingly. I was seven years old.
Robert Stephens
Featuring Michelle Alexander, Reverend Lynice Pinkard, Akhim Yuseff Cabey, and more.
June 2018The silver trump of freedom had roused my soul to eternal wakefulness. Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever. It was heard in every sound, and seen in every thing. It was ever present to torment me with a sense of my wretched condition.
By Frederick DouglassJune 2018The Sun presents a selection of poems that speak to the subtle and not-so-subtle injustices going on around us. Featuring Cortney Lamar Charleston, Ashley M. Jones, Eve Williams, Anuradha Bhowmik, Hope Wabuke, Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello, Amy Dryansky, Brionne Janae, Danez Smith, and Brian Gilmore.
By Amy Dryansky, Danez Smith, Anuradha Bhowmik, Brian Gilmore, Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello, Cortney Lamar Charleston, Ashley M. Jones, Eve Williams, Brionne Janae, Hope WabukeJune 2018If you say to me, “I don’t see race when I see you,” that means you’ve just erased a large piece of my experience and identity. That’s a type of violence.
By Airica ParkerJune 2018Featuring Pramila Jayapal, Ralph Nader, Sister Helen Prejean, Sy Safransky, Tim Wise, and more.
October 2017Last month, in a section titled “One Nation, Indivisible,” we devoted more than half our pages to excerpts from The Sun’s archives. Our goal was to address the current political moment by giving readers perspective on the past and courage to face the present. Because the problems in our nation seem unlikely to be resolved anytime soon, we are making this an ongoing part of the magazine.
September 2017Personal, political, provocative writing delivered to your doorstep every month—without a single ad.
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