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Ericka Huggins and "Black Power Mixtape"
In her interview by author Emily Wilson, Ericka Huggins tells why a recent documentary on the Black Panther Party can help open up a needed conversation on race, gender and class.
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Black Women Could Swing November's Vote
For Democrats to succeed in the midterm elections, the President must convince African American women that he needs them to watch his back—and that he'll look out for them— argues blogger and commentator Debbie Hines.
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The Right to Choose: Family Lessons
Far from a generational divide, the author, as a young feminist, finds sustenance in the ways the women in her family handled their more limited life choices.
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Is Wealth a Feminist Issue?
Better paying jobs aren’t enough to ensure women’s economic stability, according to a new study. For black women and Latinas in particular, a focus on bridging the “wealth gap” rather than the pay gap may make the most sense.
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Precious Star Claims the Spotlight
With the confidence of a seasoned performer, Gabourey Sidibe portrays a particular character with universal appeal. The movie, based on a Sapphire novel, opens in limited release on Friday.
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September 12th—The Long Day After
The author, a Pakistan-born New Yorker, connects our collective sorrow on 9/11 to what terrorism and its aftermath continue to take away.
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July 16, 2009 | Rinku Sen |
Race/Ethnicity
What the NAACP Means to Me
The author, a social justice activist from the Indian American community, explores the role of the venerable rights organization and the kind of leadership necessary going forward in a multiracial nation.
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Who We Are, and What We See
The author, a psychologist/psychoanalyst, explains how Judge Sonia Sotomayor is naturally informed by her gender and ethnicity as she performs her duties on the bench.
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Finally, the Magical World of Disney Is About to Include an African American Princess
Granted, it’s a fairy tale—the furthest thing from reality. But a wide audience of little girls is likely to take Tiana, the new Disney character, to heart. The author asks how likely is it that the mainstream company can produce an effective role model for them.
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Ain’t No Women (Like the Motown Women)
There’s a lot to celebrate about 50 years of Motown music—including the careers of two women whose behind-the-scenes efforts helped create a new genre of music.
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What Would Ida Do?
At a time in many ways parallel, though more perilous, than our own, Ida B. Wells stood up and spoke out. For Women’s History Month, her biographer describes her complex understanding of how race, class and gender play out in the politics of change.
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To Michelle Obama, and Her Sister “First Ladies”
Journalist and historian Janus Adams pays tribute to the First Lady in the White House, recognizing that she joins a tradition of firsts among our nation’s African American women.
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Remaking America
Women’s Media Center President Carol Jenkins witnessed a day that will change her family and our nation, as Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States of America.
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“My Lord What a Morning”
On the anniversary of the trial of Rosa Parks for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, the author recalls the significance in her own family of that day when tens of thousands read leaflets asking that they “stay off the buses” in protest—and the limits to freedom that still plague us today.
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What Obama Really Means for Black America and Beyond
The soon-to-be first family presents a potent role model. Here, the author, a sociologist and African American Studies assistant professor at Northwestern, describes the other half of the political agenda that is essential if we are to embrace the “politics of personal responsibility.”
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The Other Nominees
Two women of color are running to be president and vice president of the United States. However, even a media junkie can be forgiven for missing this unique event.
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How Can 30+ Million Women Be Invisible?
At great consequence to our nation, appallingly high numbers of women of color have not felt compelled to go to the polls in the past. The author set out to find out why and what to do about it.
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Michelle Obama Wows the Critics
Michelle Obama talked about parents who struggle to make sure their children can get a share of the American dream. She talked about every-day principles of life, taught by parents and grandparents and passed on to the next generation.
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Making Strides in Politics and Online
Jehmu Greene, a legendary grass roots organizer, plans next to “look laser-like at organizing young women.
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Blogging While Brown (and Female)
“People consider me the 411 on what goes wrong with black women in America,” says Gina McCauley, founder of www.whataboutourdaughters.blogspot.com.
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The Essence of It All: WNBA Rookie Lands Far from Rutgers Controversy
With a name derived from one of Americas most recognized landmarks, the New York Liberty has a rich past. One of the eight original teams to begin the WNBA in 1997, the team has retired basketball greats such as Teresa Weatherspoon and Rebecca Lobo, and has graced the WNBA finals four times. The women’s league, however, still struggles for attention.
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A Crossroads for Human Rights—the Achievement of the Korean Comfort Claims
In the years following World War II, we are in what legal scholar Eric Yamamoto has called a global “Age of Reparations.” Yet reparations claims and settlements have until recently ignored harms uniquely experienced by women.
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Right Candidates, Wrong Question
Even before Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton threw their exploratory committees into the ring, every reporter seemed to be asking which candidate are Americans more ready for, a white woman or a bla...
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A Garland for Coretta Scott King
It was 1978. Houston, Texas. 1,800 delegates and 18,000 observers and foreign guests assembled for the great National Women's Conference. It was a taste of what the world might be like if we had our...