As an Indigenous Barbecue Restaurant Takes Shape, Owamni’s Founder Has Even Bigger Moves on the Horizon by Nylah Iqbal Muhammad

FUCK the Borders by Sean Sherman and Mecca

Sean Sherman is an amazing, transformative figure. He has taken the acclaim and success of his Minneapolis restaurant, Owamni, and leveraged it to build a movement. For Eater, Nylah Iqbal Muhammad writes about Sherman’s plans to open a barbecue restaurant that extends his commitment to highlighting Indigenous culinary ingredients and techniques. The article also positions the new venture in Sherman’s broader strategy of decolonizing food and elevating his community and kindred communities.

And why not share some of Sherman’s writing, too. From his own Substack, we have a fantastically fierce piece he wrote, along with Mecca Bos, and published just this week. It’s a history lesson, a compelling diatribe, and a call to action all in one.

What It’s Like to be a Chinese Student in the U.S. Right Now by Madeline Leung Coleman

How lucky for the foul beings within with the executive branch of the U.S. government that some of their acts of proud bigotry so tidily align with the goal of hobbling higher education. The desperately, flailing clampdowns on international students are leading directly and inevitably to those young scholars opting not to bring their skills, intelligence, and tuition dollars to this country. It’s an outcome that results in the diminishment of all. Reporting for Intelligencer, a blog under the New York magazine shingle, Madeline Leung Coleman largely cedes the floor to a Chinese student so they can tell their tale.

Is This the Best the Democrats Can Do? by Alex Shephard

I look forward to a time when I no longer feel obligated to share stories that rightly excoriates Democratic party leadership for their inept, irresponsibly tepid responses to the rampant lawlessness of the current White House and the cowering amorality of the whole Republican party. This week is not that time. Alex Shephard wrote this piece for The New Republic.