Pandemic Posts
We're sharing updates on the pandemics – COVID and the virus of racism and sexism – in the service of creating a safe and equitable nation. See curated news and commentaries.
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Sonia Sanchez – Prose and Prophecy
Sonia Sanchez invokes prose that takes no prisoners but commands prophecy on today and tomorrow.
“Freedom” and Black Vulnerability
White America has always devalued Black lives; the COVID-19 crisis reveals by how much.
Biden Still Needs Black Women: Here Are 3 Things He Needs to Do
Black women, staking their claim on the 2020 elections and history, list the three things Biden must do to win their votes.
His Excellency General Washington
Celestial choir! enthron'd in realms of light, Columbia's scenes of glorious toils I write.
Pulitzer Recognizes Resistance Lived and Retold
Two Black women commanded major prizes in the Pulitzer Class of 2020.
Phillis Wheatley – Global World
At a time when literary arts and the enslaved were often mutually exclusive, Wheatley prevailed.
Sleeping While Black
Breonna Taylor, Tanisha Anderson and Atatiana Jefferson - three unarmed Black women killed by police. But, none of their deaths sparked outrage comparable to the police killings of Black men.
A Labor Centennial ~ Erasures, Mergers and Warriors
The 19th Amendment Centennial coincides with the 100th Anniversary of SEIU, hailed the largest union. Here’s insights from former senior vice president Patricia Ford.
The Legacy Lives
Michelle Duster is a prolific writer, author and lecturer. Those assets have fueled her sustained mission as the keeper of the light and legacy of her great-grandmother Ida B. Wells.