We need more ‘trauma-free Blackness.’ Here’s a start
There are vast regions of Black life that are filled with joy, romance and beauty. Here are some favorite examples. Read more at CNN.com.
Read MoreBreonna Taylor’s mother endures national spotlight to make sure Black women’s lives matter
Tamika Palmer prays. To God. To her daughter Breonna. “Tell me if I need to give this up,” she asks. “Tell me if I need to walk away.” But every day she wakes up to the same answer. “It was something telling me, somehow she made me feel that, ‘Not today. You don’t give up, not…
Read MoreWhy Are Conservatives So Angry Biden Denounced White Supremacy?
The themes and rhetoric of President Biden’s Inaugural Address — in a departure from his predecessor’s odd decision to channel comic-book villain dialogue but a continuation of the choices used by normal presidents — were a dollop of vanilla ice cream. Biden praised the American spirit, called for unity, reminded his audience of our common…
Read MoreState Republicans push new voting restrictions after Trump’s loss
Republican legislators across the country are preparing a slew of new voting restrictions in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s defeat. Georgia will be the focal point of the GOP push to change state election laws, after Democrats narrowly took both Senate seats there and President Joe Biden carried the state by an even…
Read More‘The Tools We Have’: A Photo History of African Women
A new book offers a striking visual history of African women from 1870 to 1970. Read more at The New York Review of Books.
Read MoreWillie Brown: How Kamala Harris can be the face of the Biden administration
If the inauguration had been a movie it would have been called, “A Co-Star is Born.” Make no mistake, President Biden is the star of the new administration. But it was our own Kamala Harris in her new role as the multiracial, multicultural, Democratic female power ideal who stole the show on Inauguration Day. Read…
Read MoreFrom the Uninsured to the Unhoused: Rep. Cori Bush Advocates COVID-19 Vaccine Education for Our Most Vulnerable
Cori Bush is a renaissance woman. Not only is the Missouri congresswoman the first Black woman to represent the state’s First Congressional District, she’s also a registered nurse, ordained pastor for the people of St. Louis, community organizer, single mother, and the first activist from the Black Lives Matter movement ever elected to the United…
Read MoreSpelman’s Rosalind Brewer becomes the only Black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company
Currently the chief operating officer of Starbucks, Rosalind Brewer is set to replace Stefano Pessina as CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance, according to multiple news outlets. The unprecedented move will establish uncharted waters for African American women, as Brewer becomes the first and only Black female to lead a Fortune 500 company. Read more at…
Read MoreAmerica owes a debt of gratitude to Black women for defeating Trump and the Republican Party
It’s a sight many of us never believed we would see in our lifetime— hundreds of Americans storming the U.S Capitol in protest of the official presidential election results. Media, elected officials and government workers were all saying the same thing: “This is how election results are disputed in a banana republic — not our…
Read MoreThe other Georgia slugfest: A Brian Kemp-Stacey Abrams rematch
Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams aren’t on the ballot for Tuesday’s crucial Senate runoffs, but their political futures are at stake, along with the Senate majority and the direction of the country for the next two years. Read more at Politico.
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