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.
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Unbossed and Unbought
Almost 50 years ago, the fierce champion for change Shirley Chisholm set to be the first Black president of the United States. Take a look at her historic campaign.
Millennials, the Service Industry, & Spreading COVID-19
Millennials aren’t partying during the pandemic...they’re serving your drinks.
Family Incarceration and Black Women’s Health
Balancing the emotional, physical, and mental care of incarcerated family can be especially taxing for Black women
To The Front: Black Women and The Vote
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, The AFRO Newspaper released a special edition celebrating Black women suffragists from the Nation's Capital.
They Were Her Property
This ground-breaking investigation gives lie to the notion of the fragile, defenseless White mistress, withering under the boot of antebellum patriarchy and slavery.
Magic Eyes That Rarely Close
Somewhere between high school bassoon practice and college activism, Sharon Farmer stumbled into photography. A path that would lead to becoming the Chief Official White House Photographer.
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.
Funding Change Agents
Annual foundation giving to Black and Brown women is a paltry 0.6%. Groundswell Fund insists when those most marginalized are supported to make change, everyone wins.
Daring to Fly
Young Bessie Coleman, daughter of sharecroppers, found distractions from the Texas cottonfields in the sky.
