They were part of a civil rights movement with broad aims and an economic justice focus that has gone less valorized in history than lunch-counter activism and voting rights crusades.
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My Mother’s Very Specific Meat-Related Rule for Finding Love
Grandma Daniels rejected the idea that women should get less of anything: whether education, respect, or protein.
In Defense Of Mo’Nique: Likeability Shouldn’t Matter When We’re All Disenfranchised And Paid Less
Whether you work in the entertainment industry, as a domestic worker, or as a community grassroots organizer, most — if not all — Black women are being underpaid for doing the exact same work as their non-Black woman peers.
Cannabusiness Leaders of Color Are Already Breaking Barriers in the Industry, Their Communities
What I discovered was a growing Black- and people of color-led marijuana movement that centers our resilience as we fight to end cycles of poverty and mass incarceration in our communities.
Fat, Black, and Flexible: Yoga star Jessamyn Stanley Says ‘Confidence Is a Fickle Bitch’
As a champion of the fact that all bodies will not be the same or contort the same, Stanley has become an unintentional guru.
Want to Share Your Personal Abortion Story? Here Are Some Tips
Your story is an undeniable truth and might radically shift how someone who had an abortion reflects on their own experience, the stigma they faced and to help challenge the stereotypes and misinformation others have heard about people who have abortions.
12 Moments of Black Trans Resistance in 2017
Though many continued to push tragic narratives of our helplessness, we carried on despite the heightened ridiculousness of this political moment.
I Turned My Back on Omarosa Once. And I’m Doing It Again.
Feeling this way about another Black woman is hard. But I can’t stand behind her when she stood beside a president who encourages violence against Black communities.
Just Say No Thanks to #ThanksAlabama and ‘Magical Negro’ Narratives
Black women are not the wet nurses for wanna-be woke whiteness. Our politics are not new, magical or here to serve white people.
One in Four Women Have Abortions. Why Don’t We Talk About It?
Everyone loves someone who has had an abortion. And if you think you don’t, they just haven’t shared their story with you yet.