The social justice comedian on her embarrassing patriotism, bringing public policy to the stage, and making white people laugh.

Jose Orduna on asserting personhood as resistance, the connection between activism and essays, and being 'aggressively bilingual'

The Future of Cities: The journalist and She Shapes the City co-founder on the women behind Nairobi’s rapidly changing identity.

Boundaries of Taste: The folklorist and curator on self-expression through adornment in African-American communities, and fashion as a political act.