Isabelle Gunning
Contributor
June 19, 2025
Inner Freedom: Liberating Black Women’s Bodies
Big Girl, by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, follows an African American girl named Malaya from childhood to young adulthood in 1990s Harlem. It's also about a spiritual and physical hunger that only an end to racial capitalism and misogyny can satisfy.
October 8, 2023
Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2023: Repentance and Reparation, Not Replacement
Across the United States, on the second Monday of this month, October 9, many people will “celebrate” Columbus Day. Fortunately, increasing numbers of people, cities, and states have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
October 6, 2022
Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2022: Repentance and Reparation, Not Replacement
To truly honor Indigenous Peoples' Day, we must demand that the Catholic Church revoke the papal bulls that sanctioned the genocide of indigenous peoples in America. Then the church should provide reparations.
June 19, 2022
Should we celebrate or mourn on Juneteenth?
[In recognition of the still-new “official” holiday of Juneteenth, we present here a slightly updated version of Isabelle Gunning’s thoughtful reflections from 2022.] This year, June 19, 2022—or, really, Monday, June 20, 2022—will be the second year that Juneteenth or “Black Independence Day” will be recognized as a national holiday in the United States. Is
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