Nov 26
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Every once in a while, I think to myself: “You know what? Maybe I use the word “caucasity” too often in my writing.”…
Nov 19
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Throughout the year, the twin crises of the coronavirus pandemic and the recession it spurred have…
Nov 17
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Nov 16
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One of President-elect Joe Biden’s early campaign promises was to build an administration that looks like America,…
Nov 16
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“Sometimes you just got to remind people that you’re magical and everything about you down to your vagina and to…
Nov 13
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Extra, extra—read all about the hot girl good news! Megan Thee Stallion is coming with something big this month!
Nov 12
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On Saturday, Nov. 7, the nation learned that a graduate of Howard University, Kamala Harris, will become the…
Nov 12
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Sen. Kamala Harris made headlines when she pronounced and acknowledged the important role of Black women in both…
Nov 10
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Black women keep making history and I, for one, love to see it. Next spring, Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber will…
Nov 5
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For the First Time in Its History, Five Women Now Sit on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
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It’s been a damn week, y’all. You know it; I know it, and even niggas in Japan know it. For real, my best friend…
Nov 5
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Oct 15
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Dr. Ariana A. Curtis thinks that the world must know that Blackness exists within Latinidad.
Oct 10
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Philanthropist and co-CEO of Ariel Investments, Mellody Hobson, has gifted her alma mater Princeton University with…
Oct 9
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The year 2020 has served as an opportunity for many people to pivot in their careers—and the same can be said for…
Oct 1
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A video released by Colorado’s Aurora Police Department on Tuesday shows a former officer ignoring a Black woman’s…
Sep 30
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It’s been a difficult year for all of us—and as a statement published in Essence magazine Tuesday night revealed,…
Sep 28
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Duke University has announced it will rename one of its west campus buildings after one of the first Black women to…
Sep 26
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Yara Shahidi, star of ABC’s Grown-ish and a leader in the growing group of impressive and talented young Black women…
Sep 25
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“We need to talk about the women,” said Lizzo in her first-ever Vogue cover story earlier this week. She was…
Sep 16
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Rumor has it that it was a Black woman who walked into then-President George Washington’s dressing chamber and…