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These Black Women Make Sure Their Communities Are Seen | HuffPost

April 10, 2019May 5, 2020African American Activist, African American Commuities ...

Meet 11 black women who are encouraging others to see the beauty in themselves.

How black mothers talk to their daughters about skin tone | The Guardian

April 10, 2019May 5, 2020African American Commuities, KINDR'D ...

Photographer Shaniqwa Jarvis captures the variety – and pride – in skin tone across all black women, and also between mothers and daughters.

Woman is disturbed by her neighbor’s loud music and decides to be nice about it | University Fox

March 5, 2019March 23, 2019KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine ...

Jaime Lewis, University Fox Photo Courtesy of Candice Benbow.com, Featured Image [dropcap]Although[/dropcap] many of us may wish for a peaceful, quiet house where we can come home after a long day of work and just unwind – it isn’t always so easy. If you live in an apartment building, having peace and quiet may not […]

Queen Latifah Is Developing $14 Million in Affordable Housing in Newark | The Root

February 28, 2019February 28, 2019African American Commuities, KOLUMN ...

Jay Connor, The Root Photo: Nino Muñoz. Featured Image [dropcap]After[/dropcap] conquering the entertainment industry, and leaving an indelible mark on music, film and television, multi-hyphenate Queen Latifah is looking to extend her reign by giving back to her hometown of Newark, N.J. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Through her company BlueSugar Corporation, the 48-year-old will partner with GonSosa […]

Living Near Your Grandmother Has Evolutionary Benefits | NPR

February 11, 2019December 25, 2019African American Commuities, African American Families ...

Killer whales, Japanese aphids and Homo sapiens — they’re among the few organisms whose females live on long past the age of reproduction. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Since the name of the evolutionary game is survival and reproduction, the phenomenon begs explanation — why live longer than you can reproduce? In the 1960s, researchers came up with […]

“Abortion as black genocide”: inside the black anti-abortion movement | Vox

February 7, 2019February 7, 2019Abortion, African American Commuities ...

A new documentary examines how fears of “black genocide” became part of mainstream anti-abortion activism.

Welcome to Detroit, where black babies are at higher risk of death | The Guardian

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019African American Commuities, African American Health ...

Mothers face extreme deprivation due to mass water shut-offs, hospital deserts and stress from economic racism. As a result, Detroit leads in premature births.

Kalief Browder’s Suicide Brought Changes to Rikers. Now It Has Led to a $3 Million Settlement. | The New York Times

January 25, 2019January 27, 2019Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform ...

New York City has agreed to pay $3.3 million to settle a lawsuit on behalf of the estate of Kalief Browder, the young Bronx man whose detention on Rikers Island became a symbol of the breakdown in criminal justice in New York and fueled the drive to ban solitary confinement for youths in the city’s jails.

Walmart heirs promote charter schools in Black community | The Philadelphia Tribune

January 1, 2019African American Education, KOLUMN ...

Sally Ho, The Philadelphia Tribune [dropcap]Amid[/dropcap] fierce debate over whether charter schools are good for Black students, the heirs to the Walmart company fortune have been working to make inroads with advocates and influential leaders in the Black community. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The Walton family, as the leading supporter of America’s charter school movement, is spreading […]

Dawoud Bey: 40 Years of Photos Affirming the ‘Lives of Ordinary Black People’ | The New York Times

December 27, 2018December 27, 2018African American Art, African American History ...

A new retrospective book “Seeing Deeply” reveals his decades-long exploration of community, memory and photography.