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The New Obama Factor: Why Michelle Obama Matters
By Keri Day There is a new Obama Factor. And it’s not the President. Michelle Obama’s recent trip to South Africa inspired me to...
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Putting the “X” in X-Men
Last week, Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote a fascinating editorial-cum-review of Matthew Vaughan’s X-Men: First Class in The New York Times. In it, he makes an important...
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“We Don’t Just Litigate and Leave”: A Conversation with NAPW
I recently enjoyed a lively conversation with Lynn Paltrow, J.D., Founder and Executive Director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW), and Board President Jeanne...
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Another Day at the Races
By now, we have grown accustomed to a US Supreme Court that rules in favor of the corporate interest, no matter what its costs might...
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On Her Birthday: Octavia E. Butler, Mountain Climber
Four days ago, my colleague and I decided to set off on our own, without our host, to explore London—a quick sightseeing and shopping trip...
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Poetry Spotlight: Ansel Elkins
WOMAN WITH THE SEVERED ARM i At dawn she leaves the house in her field coat, the skinny hound on the porch follows. _______The fog...
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Feminist Musings on the Republican Presidential Debate: A “Democratic” Makeover?
By Keri Day The Republican Party is in desperate need of a “democratic” makeover. Growing up in Springfield, Illinois, I was socialized to embrace the...
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The Global Imagination of James Baldwin
This interview between Sean Jacobs, professor and founder of the blog africasacountry.com, and Rich Blint, was first published at the interviewer’s site and appears here...
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London Diary
It’s a chilly spring weekend in London, although the cold this time of year is not unprecedented, and tourists by the busload descend on Piccadilly...
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Spotlight Poet: Ladan Osman
For the Woman whose Love is a Bird of Passage————- I am so poor before you. A grackle / whose colors are as good as...
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“Say What?!” N.J. Governor Christie’s Proposed Cuts to Medicaid Changes Eligibility from $24,645 to $5,317 for a Family of Three!
By Joy Schulman MEDICAID/MEDICARE—it’s all so confusing! What are we talking about?? Recently, Medicare and Medicaid have often been used interchangeably; though they are quite...
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Eddie Long, Creflo Dollar, and the Black Church's Sanctioning of Sexual Violence
In September 2010 Bishop Eddie Long, prominent Atlanta pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, was accused of sexual improprieties with four young men—Anthony Flagg, Spencer...
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Music Spotlight: Diallo Hall Introduces Singer Liz Ogumbo
By Diallo Hall Music has been central to the very existence of the Luo people of East Africa since the dawn of time. Their songs...
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Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha Gonna Do?
By Monica J. Casper and William Paul Simmons On May 14th, a troubling incident occurred in an expensive hotel room in Manhattan. International Monetary Fund...
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Playing Games with Race
by Omar Ricks NOTE: This article expands on a comment on Prof. Hortense Spillers’ article Mama’s Baby, Papa’s, Too published on The Feminist Wire on...
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Corpus: An Interdisciplinary Reader on Bodies and Knowledge
We are I delighted to announce the forthcoming release of Corpus: An Interdisciplinary Reader on Bodies and Knowledge, edited by our very own, Monica Casper, and...
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Compassionate Feminism
A practice in compassion is, particularly for myself as a woman, an act of feminism. If I turn my practice inward, if I look to...
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Featured Poet: Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
The Body Deformed by Tidal Forces — Darkness still here, hunkered against the trees. / Spring so uneasy this year. / No matter morning’s boundary...
