NASA honors “Hidden Figure” Mary Jackson
“Hidden Figure” and NASA’s first Black woman engineer will now be the namesake of…
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Do Black Women’s Lives Matter?
Breonna Taylor, Tanisha Anderson and Atatiana Jefferson – three unarmed Black women killed by…
Destiny by Zip Code
Detroit and Grosse Pointe are situated five miles apart on a map- but young…
The New Voter Suppression
In what voting rights advocates fear is a dress rehearsal for November, Black voters…
A Black Man Did It
The refrain dates to slavery. Undergirded Jim Crow segregation. Justified lynching- and still jeopardizes…
MAGA Hats and Reopen Protests
While African Americans make up nearly 47% of D.C.’s population, and account for 46%…
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…
Pulitzer Recognizes Resistance Lived and Retold
Two Black women commanded major prizes in the Pulitzer Class of 2020.
Sleeping While Black
Breonna Taylor, Tanisha Anderson and Atatiana Jefferson – three unarmed Black women killed by…
The Bitter Harvest of American Racism
The old saying “When white America catches a cold, black America gets pneumonia” has…
The Data Don’t Lie
Visit The Atlantic’s COVID-19 Tracking Project to see daily updates and trends on the…
Black People and Vulnerability
The spread of COVID-19 is exposing racial fault lines between African Americans and white…
