Millennials, the Service Industry, & Spreading COVID-19
Millennials aren’t partying during the pandemic...they’re serving your drinks.
Article Category: News
Family Incarceration and Black Women’s Health
Balancing the emotional, physical, and mental care of incarcerated family can be especially taxing for Black women
Until Black Women Are Free, None of Us Will Be Free
The New Yorker's Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor unpacks the legacy of Barbara Smith and the Black feminist visionaries of the Combahee River Collective.
NASA honors “Hidden Figure” Mary Jackson
"Hidden Figure" and NASA's first Black woman engineer will now be the namesake of NASA's Washington, D.C. headquarters.
Do Black Women’s Lives Matter?
Breonna Taylor, Tanisha Anderson and Atatiana Jefferson - three unarmed Black women killed by police. But, none of their deaths sparked outrage comparable to the police killings of Black men.
Destiny by Zip Code
Detroit and Grosse Pointe are situated five miles apart on a map- but young people in those communities live in different worlds. Does zip code determine your destiny?
The New Voter Suppression
In what voting rights advocates fear is a dress rehearsal for November, Black voters in Georgia faced long lines, late poll openings, and broken voting machines that led to six-hour delays.
A Black Man Did It
The refrain dates to slavery. Undergirded Jim Crow segregation. Justified lynching- and still jeopardizes Black lives today.
MAGA Hats and Reopen Protests
While African Americans make up nearly 47% of D.C.'s population, and account for 46% of the city’s COVID-19 cases, they also account for more than 76% of the city’s deaths.
Biden Still Needs Black Women: Here Are 3 Things He Needs to Do
Black women, staking their claim on the 2020 elections and history, list the three things Biden must do to win their votes.