02 May Black People and Vulnerability
The spread of COVID-19 is exposing racial fault lines between African Americans and white Americans, with the former more likely to die from the disease. ...
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02 May COVID-19 and Obesity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s list of high-risk individuals includes the severely obese. Some studies on coronavirus are now starting to track COVID-19 patients' body mass index. ...
02 May Medicaid Expansion Could Save Lives in COVID-19 Pandemic
Black residents in the American South face barriers with the GOP-led assault on Medicaid Expansion. ...
03 Aug Magic Eyes That Rarely Close
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in Black Arts, Black History, Herstory, Moving Pictures, Page and Screen, Photojournalism, Sharon Farmer, Sweet Honey in the Rock, White House Photography, Women Photojournalists
Somewhere between high school bassoon practice and college activism, Sharon Farmer stumbled into photography. A path that would lead to becoming the Chief Official White House Photographer. ...
04 Apr When the Suffrage Movement Sold Out to White Supremacy
Suffragists and White Supremacy ...
03 Apr How the Daughters and Granddaughters of Former Slaves Secured Voting Rights for All
Barely a generation removed from slavery, these courageous Black women commanded voting rights before the passage of the 19th Amendment....
02 Apr Redefining Suffrage, Unerasing Black Women
Black women were leaders in the fight for women’s suffrage-- yet they’ve been erased from movement history...
01 Apr Black Women Are Leaders in the Climate Movement
CLIMATE JUSTICE: Not Just a White Thing. How are Black women transforming the movement? ...
30 Jul Funding Change Agents
Annual foundation giving to Black and Brown women is a paltry 0.6%. Groundswell Fund insists when those most marginalized are supported to make change, everyone wins....
01 Apr She Coined the Term ‘Intersectionality’ Over 30 Years Ago
INTERSECTIONALITY. What does it mean? How does it work? Why does it matter? Kimberle Crenshaw who popularized the term, offers insights....