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  • Fall Planting

    I will sprinkle my clear tears / on seeds and transplants and bulbs / and see my garden / push up

    December 18, 2023
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    1 minute read

  • NATURE JOURNEY

    Artist unknown, source Pinterest. By Sister Lisa Muhammad. Come follow us through every line and every verse Where there’s no need to curse or rehearse, where it doesn’t matter who’s first… To where Mother Nature and Father Time bear the seeds of the Universe. Come with us to where the Earth is golden, bronze, deep…

    December 18, 2023
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    4 minute read

  • Dear Voters: Keep Raising Your Voices

    Mary-Pat Hector, CEO of student and youth activist organization RISE says we must “raise our voices for ownership of our civic life.”

    December 10, 2023
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    3 minute read

  • Is Racism Causing Stroke In Black Women?

    In a new study, Black women who reported interpersonal racism in employment, housing, and interactions with police, had an estimated 38% increased risk of stroke compared to those who didn’t.

    December 5, 2023
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    3 minute read

  • Eyes on the Ballot Box

    By Levi Perrin Andrea Hailey Andrea Hailey stares off into the distance recalling how it felt to watch her parents engage with voting rights. From driving voters to the polls to staffing the booths—from a young age she was keenly aware that the political rights given to her could be taken away. “I was born…

    December 1, 2023
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    4 minute read

  • Black Girls Can Be Engineers Too

    The nonprofit group focused on increasing representation in STEM hopes to get two million Black girls to pursue STEM careers by 2050.

    November 20, 2023
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    3 minute read

  • Black Women Aren’t Asked To Be In Clinical Trials

    A new report dispels medical assumptions that Black women are afraid to participate in clinical trials. Instead, they aren’t being asked. “Black people in clinical trials.” That’s not a phrase you hear very often. In fact, the media has often said Black folks are afraid to participate in clinical trials because of historical medical mistreatment.…

    November 20, 2023
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    3 minute read

  • Black Women Don’t Have to Ride or Die

    When Beyonce and Jay-Z dropped “’03 Bonnie & Clyde,” Black women across the country could be heard in the club and driving to work belting out, “Down to ride ’til the very end, is me and my boyfriend.”

    November 20, 2023
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    6 minute read