On Advancing Opportunity for All By Centering Black, Brown, Low-Income, and Rural People: An Interview with Taifa Smith Butler
Our BlackHer Shero of the Week is Taifa Smith Butler, incoming president of Demos, a progressive think tank aimed at creating a just, inclusive multiracial democracy and economy. Butler currently serves as CEO of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) where...
On Telling and Documenting the Stories of Our Communities: An Interview with Desi P. Shelton
Our BlackHer Shero of the Week is Desi P. Shelton, founder and artistic director of the Camden Repertory Theater. Shelton’s plays include I Killed My Baby’s Daddy, For Sale!, Stilettos, Stacks, Sisterhood, P@$$y 4 $ale!, and more. She received her MFA in theater from...
On Making a Difference Through Food: An Interview with Jamie Hunt
Our BlackHer Shero of the Week is Jamie Hunt, celebrity chef. I talked to her about her mission to use food to make a difference and her recent partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Newark, New Jersey. Why did you become a chef? Both of my parents were...
On Reconstructing Our Racist Tax Code and Building Black Wealth: An Interview with Dorothy Brown
Our BlackHer Shero of the week is Dorothy A. Brown, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law and an advocate for economic and social justice. Her new book, The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans –...
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