March 14, 2024
View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
The talents of Black women have been on display at every level of the movie industry, yet they have never received the recognition or the pay they deserve.
The Academy Awards is over with predictable outcomes: an Oscar to one Black artist and Black folks inside and outside the industry complaining. #OscarsSoWhite has been…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
One thing is for certain, Katie Britt was successful in one manner. She had people talking about her.
It was The Stepford Wives meets The Handmaid’s Tale. For anyone regularly tuned into the world of American politics or popular culture, you are aware of…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
A fight over extending provisions of Trump’s tax cuts is at stake in November’s election. Ultimately, the race is about money.
There are many issues on the line this election year but one that gets little attention is former President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax reform law that…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
The surge of activism and organizing was epic, and the CRC was in the mix.
Women’s History Month doesn’t do enough to lift up black lesbians. Fifty years ago, in 1974, the Combahee River Collective was founded in Boston by several…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
At a time when Black America faced a reign of terror and racial violence from the white mob, this dynamic Black woman used journalism as a weapon to wage a one-woman campaign against lynching.
We must lift up the legacies of Black women who preceded us, and praise trailblazers such as Ida B. Wells-Barnett. A journalist, civil rights activist, NAACP…
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