What Black Women Want…What Virginia Needs
For decades many Virginia civic leaders have advocated for more diverse candidates to better reflect the electorate. This year, the ethnic diversity of office seekers is historic on both sides of the aisle.
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We’ve Read This Book Before: Black Resistance Is a Tradition, Not a Trend
At this moment in history, federal funding is quietly vanishing for programs meant to improve racial equity. Black people have always built movements from the margins. When institutions failed us, we created our own.
There’s No Place Like Home: Why HBCU Homecoming Culture Still Matters
Each fall, a sacred migration unfolds. Black families pack their bags, college sweethearts reunite, DJs dust off Frankie Beverly, and grills fire up across campus yards from Howard to Hampton, Tuskegee to Texas Southern.
This Is Not About 2025. This Is About 2525.
We — the children of dreamers who were never meant to survive — are not just building for tomorrow. We are building for 2125 and beyond with the The Ballot. The Black Book. The Bucks.
The Art of Line Dancing: Sliding into Joy with “Boots on the Ground”
Welcome to the season of line dancing where Black Music Month meets Juneteenth meets every backyard cookout from DC to Decatur.
The House That Transwomen Built
The voices of Black and Brown transwomen are often lost in history. This month, we honor their contributions and center them in the movements they created.
Mass Protests in Black and White-Are We Showing Up?
Four million people protested Trump's policies at 1,400 rallies across the country. Still, Trump's most adamant opponents – Black women who gave 92 percent of their votes to Kamala Harris – did not show up.
The Mistress’ Tools: My Womanist Take on the “Barbie” Film
By Nkechi Taifa My Barbie Dream House was my classroom in an African-centered school in Washington, D.C. half a lifetime ago. I wore my signature African headwrap gele, oozed Kiswahili words and reveled in the dismantling of white supremacy inch by inch, day by day. I believed in what our sister Audre Lorde said, “The master’s…
Phillis Wheatley – Global World
At a time when literary arts and the enslaved were often mutually exclusive, Wheatley prevailed.
Being Well in an Age of Misinformation: How to Be a Savvy Health Consumer
From social media influencers promising overnight cures to underfunded clinics and biased algorithms, it’s easy to feel both overexposed to health content and under informed when it matters most.