Things I Learned Along The Way

The Smarteez on South Africa’s ongoing struggle for equality
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The Smarteez on South Africa’s ongoing struggle for equality

Things I Learned Along the Way — Huck’s Fiftieth Anniversary Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we’ll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, we hear from young fashion crew The Smarteez, about the creative revolution taking root in Soweto, and how they're pushing into the future while refusing to be beholden to the past.

Written by: Huck HQ / Alex King

Michaela Angela Davis had to infiltrate the mainstream to get people talking change
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Michaela Angela Davis had to infiltrate the mainstream to get people talking change

Things I Learned Along the Way — Huck’s Fiftieth Anniversary Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we’ll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, image activist Michaela Angela Davis explains how she had to go inside the mainstream machine to challenge how black women are represented.

Written by: Huck HQ / Adriana Monsalve

Amy Goodman's rallying cry for engaged young people
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Amy Goodman's rallying cry for engaged young people

Things I Learned Along the Way — Huck’s Fiftieth Anniversary Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we’ll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today we hear from the face of Democracy Now!, journalist Amy Goodman. Goodman shines a light on unheard voices, exposing the veil of deception dropped by corporations, politicians and their cohorts in the press. But the real battle, she says, has yet to be won.

Written by: Huck HQ / Andrea Kurland

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