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Michelle Garcia

Michelle Garcia

Senior Editor, Race and Identities

Latest articles by Michelle Garcia

Poverty
3 parts you don’t remember from Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech3 parts you don’t remember from Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech
Poverty

MLK’s speech highlighted the unfulfilled promise of economic freedom for black Americans — and the White House feared the aftermath.

By Michelle Garcia
We read all 25 National Book Award finalists for 2018. Here’s what we thought.
Culture

The Vox staff reviews all the winners and finalists in each of five categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people’s literature.

By Nisha Chittal, Trevor Barnes and 17 more
Culture
A new editorial cartoon shows yet another racist depiction of Serena WilliamsA new editorial cartoon shows yet another racist depiction of Serena Williams
Culture

The depiction of Serena Williams was disappointing, but not unprecedented.

By Michelle Garcia
Sports
Serena Williams, working mom heroSerena Williams, working mom hero
Sports

Being a working parent, even for someone with resources like Serena Williams, is still tough stuff.

By Michelle Garcia
Photos: Aretha Franklin’s funeral was absolutely fit for the Queen of Soul
Features

Franklin was laid to rest in a golden casket at a day-long service attended by family, friends, activists, musicians, politicians, and clergy.

By Michelle Garcia
Culture
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is not running for president in 2020. Good.Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is not running for president in 2020. Good.
Explainers
In many states, the end of Roe v. Wade is already hereIn many states, the end of Roe v. Wade is already here
Explainers

Abortion access already hangs by a thread in some areas of the country.

By Michelle Garcia
Culture
Ram ad uses Martin Luther King’s anticapitalist sermonRam ad uses Martin Luther King’s anticapitalist sermon
Culture

Did they read the whole sermon?

By Michelle Garcia
archives
Photos: the 2018 Women’s March weekend focused on power and politicsPhotos: the 2018 Women’s March weekend focused on power and politics
archives

From small towns to major international cities, throngs of people came together to march for gender equality, intersectionality, and a 2018 “blue wave.”

By Michelle Garcia
Culture
Natalie Portman shares harrowing “sexual terrorism” experience at age 13Natalie Portman shares harrowing “sexual terrorism” experience at age 13
Culture

Speaking out at the Women’s March in Los Angeles this weekend, the Oscar winner brings the issues of Time’s Up and #MeToo to the forefront.

By Michelle Garcia