
TREPIDATIOUS: VOX Investigates Race through Poetry, Journalism, Art
Got my hands up while you got a bulletproof vest./From the way you were shooting, I’d think I’d had an X on my chest.

Got my hands up while you got a bulletproof vest./From the way you were shooting, I’d think I’d had an X on my chest.

Victoria Schwab’s book deals with humans and monsters, and sometimes they’re interchangeable, depending on the character. The power of music was a good theme to

The way rhythms and good vibes coincide through the bass in your headphones is all for you./
Guitar riffs and lyricists, sneakers and ballet

This year we have been challenged by acts of hatred and revenge. As a country, we have yet to see the beauty in our diversity

All I know is that last weekend I was pulled over/
For walking too fast down the sidewalk.
“Where you going, black Muslim

As everyone is hopping onto the “Hamilton” bandwagon, people must not forget the magnificence of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first notable work, “In the Heights,” which won

You will graduate from college. You will find a balance between being young and a parent to your siblings. I love you. You are truly

On “Blond,” Frank Ocean succeeds in addressing important topics, including racial profiling, police brutality and Black Lives Matter. By comparing himself to Trayvon Martin, Ocean

I am girl/and girl does not mean/“Sexualize me”/“Pry me apart”/“Look me up and down.”

Lacquered acrylics fix beneath silk/Constricting around cranium/
Sustaining the days’ style, for the morning/I lay my head upon my pillow
Resting my eyes/And

I had the most fun time creating the music video for 18-year-old Jayla Darden’s “That’s Just Life.” Nine Atlanta teens worked together to create this

Every song in the show has so much energy, you feel like dancing in the audience.