Fast Tracking Affordable Homeownership
Black women are the highest educated U.S. demographic, but degrees are not closing the racial homeownership and wealth gap.
Article Category: Contemporary Profiles
The Power of Black Women’s Entrepreneurship
Rebuilding hope, justice, equity and equality in the midst of the pandemic and a new political, racial and social justice era.
The Power Of The Sister Vote
The stunning upset in Georgia was met with the swift enactment of voter restrictions that mirror the Jim Crow era. But, Black women on the ground are fighting back, confident they won’t be stopped.
A Radically Imagined Black Future
The Dance Mission Theater of San Francisco hosted a showcase that reckons with the 30 years between Rodney King and Breonna Taylor.
One Million Black Women
Goldman Sachs is committing $10 billion dollars in direct investment capital to address the racial and gender biases that Black women face.
Lucile Bluford – Recording History and Making It
Lucile Bluford made her mark as a journalist and opponent of segregation in the education system. Now she is immortalized as a branch of the Kansas City Public Library.
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.
Election – Down Ballot Downlow
Voters nationwide turned out in numbers unseen in decades and swept Black women into local and national halls of power.
Reimagining the Power of Suffrage
Gwen McKinney's guest Op-Ed on OWN traces the history of the role of Black women in the women's suffrage movement.
We Are Black Women
The term “WOC” negates racial identity in the service of racial unity and it obscures specific barriers facing Black women. It blends multiethnicities into a recipe of erasure.