By Erika L. Sánchez Sometimes, when I have to walk past a group of teenage girls, I fear I’ll hear a version of the affected...
By Darrel Alejandro Holnes Post-Racial You have been a vegan for years and are tired of fearful fishes trembling when you fly above, tired of...
In the aftermath of the tragic murder of Kasandra Michelle Perkins, and the subsequent suicide of Jovan Belcher, much of the media and social...
In late September of 2012, we gathered at the site where the remains of eight murdered women and girls were found in an open...
Today marks the conclusion of our Forum on World AIDS Day, but we are committed to making space for critical conversations on HIV/AIDS throughout the...
I first met award-winning Black lesbian filmmaker tiona.m. (Tiona McClodden) in Atlanta in spring 2005 when she was working as a freelance videographer at Spelman...
By: Lillian Rivera, MPH & Edgar Rivera Colón, PhD December 1st, World AIDS Day, represents a multitude of things to people involved in addressing and living...
By Sandy Guillaume As the United States prepared to mark another World AIDS Day (WAD), I wondered to myself: What catchy slogan will be used...
TFW: The theme for World AIDS Day from 2011-2015, which is “Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS related deaths,” is a...
Queens, NY 1984 Nothing in P.S. 19 was ever heated enough. The auditorium, the cafeteria, the large windows with their pull-down plastic vinyl drapes rattled...
I was in my early teens when an aunt shared that an estranged and presumably “gay” cousin, one whose name was the same as mine,...
A recent Time magazine article on the “Invisible World of Nannies, Housekeepers, and Caregivers” by Ai-jen Poo, Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, prompted me to...
Tressie McMillan Cottom is a PhD candidate in the Sociology Department at Emory University. Broadly, Tressie is interested in organizations, education, labor, and stratification. Currently,...
By Maria Faini and Kim Tran Thirty-one year old Savita Halappanavar died in late October from a miscarriage. News of her death haunts women around...
By Lillie Anne Brown It was, at first, a voyeuristic peek during an untailored pass-by, a fleeting look here, a backward glance there, one foot...
By Sikivu Hutchinson The 24-hour prayer sessions are the true test of a warrior for Jesus. They require Herculean stamina, the patience of Job, the...
By Valorie Thomas A professor-friend of mine once said, “You can’t shine dirt.” Her words replay nonstop as I consider several convergences: two days after...
By Rob Stephenson Here are the words of an abuse survivor, taken from the website of a support organization: “I told him I didn’t want...