‘The culture still runs through us’: Ma Daisy’s restaurant honors Gullah Geechee roots and Black pride
‘The culture still runs through us’: Ma Daisy’s restaurant honors Gullah Geechee roots and Black pride
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Black Women Redefine Beauty Beyond Breast Cancer
When Venita Graves launched her nonprofit Beauty Beyond Breast Cancer in 2010, she wasn’t chasing accolades or entrepreneurship. She was answering a calling.
The Cost of Being a Woman: A $1.6 Trillion Yearly Wage Gap
On this year’s Equal Pay Day, there’s little to celebrate. Although women now earn more than ever have, the gender wage gap persists. And they’re feeling the pain in this current economy and political climate.
Work, Without Reward: The Reality for Black Women on the Job
Black women remain the backbone of the U.S. labor force — working more, earning less, and bearing burdens across nearly every sector.
Coping Strategies for Black Women Facing Job Loss, DEI Rollbacks
April 2025 marked another setback in a long line of economic challenges for Black women in the American workforce.
A Dangerous Precedent: Criminalizing Black Women’s Leadership
Their goal was clear and constitutional: conduct oversight of a federally operated immigration detention center that has drawn widespread concern over its conditions and its connection in an alarming rise in unjust arrests, particularly of Black and Brown immigrants.
Why $5,000 Won’t Fix a Broken Care System That Fails Mothers
A lawsuit claims Abundant Birth Project is discriminatory because it grants stipends to Black and Pacific Islander moms in San Francisco.
Is Helping Black Moms Out Financially Unconstitutional?
A lawsuit claims Abundant Birth Project is discriminatory because it grants stipends to Black and Pacific Islander moms in San Francisco.
Barbara Lee, trailblazing former US Congress member, elected Oakland mayor
Why Libraries Are Still a Lifeline for Black K-12 Students
Photo Credit: Klaus Vedfelt / gettyimages) As Black history and identity are erased from classrooms, libraries remain one of the last public spaces where Black kids can learn and read freely. By Quintessa Williams from Word in Black At their best, libraries do more than provide resources — they create belonging. As the nation celebrates National Library Week and…
