The election results left us saddened and outraged—but not confused. We are emboldened to tell our truths even louder than before.
Author: Alicia Walters
Sweet Dreams, Deferred
There is nowhere to hide. White supremacy is alive and well. We must name it, never forget it, and organize to eradicate it.
The Real Black Women of Spokane Deserve to Be Seen
When I first saw Rachel Dolezal in my hometown of Spokane, Washington, I wondered,…
I became a black woman in Spokane. But, Rachel Dolezal, I was a black girl first
Rachel Dolezal is, after this week, a symbol to many African Americans of the separation of blackness from black people; to me, she is an example of how American society simultaneously devalues the individuality of black women and us as a community to the point that the performance of black womanhood is preferred over the people.
Echoing Ida Dispels Myths and Gets Real About Health Care Reform
We are writing from and to our own communities: because we deserve to know the truth about our own health disparities.
Policing African American Motherhood From Every Angle
In order to arrest, incarcerate, and institutionalize pregnant women for legal acts like “noncompliance” with a doctor’s orders, prosecutors distort state homicide, child abuse, and “feticide” laws
A victory — and the road ahead
We did it! We – ACLU, LSPC, ACOG, CYWD, the many organizational supporters and nearly 6,000 individuals who took action – passed a law prohibiting leg irons, waist chains, and handcuffs behind the back from being used on pregnant women in California jails and prisons!