What the American Rescue Plan Means for Black Women
One year ago, we were told to stay home for two weeks to help slow the spread of COVID19. Since then, the Black community has borne the brunt of...
Stop Devaluing Black Women at Work
Black women are subjected to the dueling forces of white supremacy and patriarchy in just about every facet of our lives, including where we...
#BlackHer2020
Issue Baby Bonds by Dominique Derbigny Cancel Student Loan Debt by Kelly Macías Provide Medicare for All by Kelly Macías End Money Bail...
Sustaining Ourselves in a Jobless Economy
Black women are under attack. I live in Atlanta, Georgia where Black women suffer the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state....
Let’s Talk About Looting.
Looting. What is it? Why does it happen? And why is it such a big part of the conversation when what we’re really talking about right now is...
On Sorrowful Whites
There is more than a week left in June and I’m anxious for this month to be over. We were already dealing with a global pandemic that has kept us...
Being Well While Black
Good Grief: Dealing as a Community With Complex, Compound, Cyclical Loss - and Learning to Seize Hope - that’s a helluva title, isn’t it? This is...
COVID-19 and the Need for Vote-by-Mail
We started 2020 believing that the presidential elections in November would be the Big Story of the year. Now, COVID-19 - and the complications...
Who Cares About Black Mothers?
No Zoom call could convey the overwhelming love and gratitude I feel for my mother. Not only did she alter her body to bring me into existence...