18 Dec Civil Rights Student Organizer to be Honored on U.S. Capitol
At 16, Barbara Rose Johns led a student strike and with support filed the largest and only student initiated case consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education....
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01 Dec The Unmasking of Breonna Taylor
Incoming Rep. Cori Bush was confused when greeted as 'Breonna.' Stunned, she soon realized that wearing Breonna Taylor's name is more than a political statement....
30 Aug Susan L. Taylor: Iconic Grace and Inspiration
She inspired generations of women with her Essence Magazine commentaries. Today the graceful thoughtleader continues to mentor the next generation of leaders....
30 Nov How a Brooklyn Black Sisterhood Became National Power Brokers
“Black women decide elections. We can decide we are going to elect Black women up and down the ballot.”...
02 May The Data Don’t Lie
Visit The Atlantic's COVID-19 Tracking Project to see daily updates and trends on the global COVID-19 pandemic. ...
14 Oct Megan Thee Stallion: Why I Speak Up for Black Women
Megan Thee Stallion tackles the misogyny, gender-based violence, the failures of policing, and why protecting Black women should never be controversial. ...
07 Apr Rock Stars – Raising The States
We celebrate our Rock Stars seeding power, democratic change, and activism across lines real and imagined. ...
06 Nov Saluting Our National Rock Stars
From legal lions to voting-rights knights, these Rock Star women are fusing their collective power to push progressive change. ...
06 Nov Election – Down Ballot Downlow
Voters nationwide turned out in numbers unseen in decades and swept Black women into local and national halls of power. ...
25 Sep Millennials, the Service Industry, & Spreading COVID-19
Millennials aren’t partying during the pandemic...