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Biden’s Pledge To Nominate Black Female Supreme Court Nominee Exceedingly Popular With Black Women Voters, Poll Shows

86 percent of Black women voters support prioritizing the nomination.

By

Murjani Rawls

Published

January 28, 2022
Opinion

After a Historic 2021 in Politics, Black Women are Gearing up for What Promises to be a Monumental 2022

From Kamala Harris to Stacey Abrams, Black women are poised for increased representation at every level of elected representation

By

Vanessa De Luca

Published

December 29, 2021
Beauty + Style

This Equal Pay Day, Black Women Leaders Warn That Without Action, the Gender Pay Gap Will Only Deepen

In a year where conversations about equality have largely been centered around race and political equity, it might’ve been easy to forget the ongoing issue of the gender pay gap, even as recent reports have shown that women have been disproportionately affected by the economic fallout of the ongoing pandemic. In fact, an October 2020…

By

Maiysha Kai

Published

March 24, 2021
Events, The Root Institute

The Root Institute Chats Harnessing the Black Vote in 2020 With Glynda Carr, Judith Browne Dianis and Rashad Robinson

What is at stake during the 2020 elections? As we live in the midst of an uprising, which is a response to police killings of unarmed Black people (and a legacy of racism that has proliferated throughout the country), while being led by a man who refused to pay his respects to one of this…

By

Felice León

Published

August 6, 2020
Beauty + Style

'I'm Gonna Win': Phenomenal Woman Debuts a New Campaign and Call to Action in Honor of Diana Ross

Who’s “The Boss”? According to activism apparel brand Phenomenal Woman, we are—and like today’s birthday diva Diana Ross, we’re gonna win. In honor of the now-75 years strong entertainer known as “The Boss,” Phenomenal Woman—the two-year-old label first made famous by their tees of the same name—has borrowed inspiration from one of Ross’ more casual…

By

Maiysha Kai

Published

March 26, 2019
Antisocial, News, Opinion

Once on This Island’s Opening Night Gives Me Jitters While I Consider Reginald F. Lewis’ Billion-Dollar Deal

OK, first off, in this revival of the 1991 Tony Award-nominated musical Once on This Island, I had no clue that it was Merle Dandrige from Greenleaf playing the death demon, Papa Ge. I’ve watched one-and-a-half entire seasons of the OWN religious drama, and I thought I could pick her out of a lineup, but…

By

Danielle C. Belton

Published

December 6, 2017