Arpita Aneja

Arpita Aneja is a Video Producer for TIME Video.

Recent Articles

The Overlooked LGBTQ+ History of the Harlem Renaissance

Acknowledging the queer culture of the Harlem Renaissance is essential in order to paint a full picture of the period

By Olivia B. Waxman October 11, 2021

How One Drag Performer's Overlooked Activism Helped Lay the Groundwork for Today's Fight for Transgender Rights

In the Los Angeles club scene of the 1960s, Sir Lady Java—a dancer, comedian and drag queen—was a two-shows-a-night fixture. “I loved the people that came to see me, it delighted me,” she says, flipping...

By Suyin Haynes June 25, 2021

The Forgotten Stories of America's Black Wall Streets

A century after the Tulsa Race Massacre, what happened there is finally more widely known—but other "Black Wall Street" stories remain hidden

By Video by Arpita Aneja May 28, 2021

Angel Island and America's Hidden Asian Immigration History

Angel Island can provide a better understanding of the long U.S. tradition of welcoming some immigrant groups and excluding others

By Video by Arpita Aneja May 3, 2021

What School Didn't Teach You About the Black Panthers

The Black Panthers' community health services grew out of a deep distrust in minority communities towards the traditional health care system

By Olivia B. Waxman February 25, 2021

The Anti-Gay 'Lavender Scare' Not Taught in Schools

Under President Eisenhower, the investigation, interrogation and removal of gay men and lesbians from the federal government became policy

By Suyin Haynes December 22, 2020

The Helen Keller You Didn't Learn About in School

Limited education on Keller's life has implications for how students perceive people with disabilities

By Olivia B. Waxman December 15, 2020

The Seneca Falls History You Didn't Learn in School

Many of the Black voting rights activists who paved the way for Kamala Harris are not household names or even taught in U.S. schools

By Olivia B. Waxman December 8, 2020

These Latinas Were Pioneers for Workers' Rights in the U.S. Here Are 2 You Should Have Learned About in School

Latinas were active in the labor movement nearly three decades earlier, and that work is not taught as often in schools

By Olivia B. Waxman December 1, 2020

I Lost My Mother to COVID-19

I woke up on Oct. 2, my mother’s first birthday since she died of COVID-19 in May, to the news that the President of the United States had tested positive. Unbelievable. And yet totally believable....

By Arpita Aneja October 7, 2020
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