Election – Down Ballot Downlow
Voters nationwide turned out in numbers unseen in decades and swept Black women into local and national halls of power.
Article Category: Black Women
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.
Reimagining the Power of Suffrage
Gwen McKinney's guest Op-Ed on OWN traces the history of the role of Black women in the women's suffrage movement.
We Are Black Women
The term “WOC” negates racial identity in the service of racial unity and it obscures specific barriers facing Black women. It blends multiethnicities into a recipe of erasure.
Family Incarceration and Black Women’s Health
Balancing the emotional, physical, and mental care of incarcerated family can be especially taxing for Black women
Phenomenal Woman
Now you understand / Just why my head’s not bowed / I don’t shout or jump about / Or have to talk real loud.
Open Letter From Black Women
Co-sign a petition with thousands of Black women who are denouncing attacks against Black women VP candidates.
The Politics of Ambition
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority President Glenda Glover issues a call to arms to her 300,000+ members and to all Black women outraged by attacks intended to erase us.