What You Need to Know to Collect Your Coronavirus Relief
The economy of the United States has taken an unprecedented hit due to COVID-19. We’ve been through some stuff in our lifetimes, but never before has everyone been affected. Of the 74 million women in the U.S. workforce, less than 14 percent are Black. Yet,...
What’s The Big Deal About the 19th Amendment? Recognizing Black Suffragists Who Helped Us Get the Vote
Women in the United States did not have the legal right to vote — suffrage — until the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1920. The ability to cast a ballot took the better part of a century (1848 to 1920) and was the work of thousands. Black women were...
#BlackHer2020: Reparations or Pay Me What You Owe Me
What a moment we find ourselves in! A conversation that has long lingered on the fringes of African-American society has erupted into the public square: reparations for the descendants of enslaved people. This year the public conversation went as far as the halls of...
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