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The Heart of SB 1070: Racial Profiling
By C. Alejandra Elenes On Monday, June 25, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling on the constitutionality of Arizona’s anti-immigration law, SB 1070....
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3 Lessons from Natasha Trethewey: (Lesson 2) Making the Archive You Need
(Read Lesson 1 here.) From the series intro: When I first met Natasha Trethewey she was a visiting fellow at Duke University’s Center for Documentary...
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Women Writers Find Inspiration, Mandate to Create, at VORTEXT Retreat
By Kelsye Nelson The first ever VORTEXT event, Hedgebrook’s weekend retreat for women writers, began with Bastard out of Carolina author Dorothy Allison growling from...
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31 Victims Identified in Growing Air Force Sex Abuse Case
The U.S. Air Force has now identified at least 31 women as victims in a growing sex scandal, and there might be more. The Air...
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Part 1: Natasha Trethewey, Time Travel, and Telekinesis
This is part one of a three-part series celebrating the crucial lessons of the poetic body of work of United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey....
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TFW Profile: Kym Backer, Senior Editor of Upscale Magazine
By Darnell L. Moore and Tamura A.Lomax What is left for one to do when she has done everything from interviewing heads of state, writing...
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The Invisible War: A Film on Rape, Women and Combat (A Review)
Horrifying . . . devastating . . . infuriating . . . saddening. These are the emotions I felt as I watched The Invisible War,...
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Wealth Inequality Worsening by Race
White Americans have 22 times more wealth than blacks — a gap that nearly doubled during the Great Recession. The median household net worth for...
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Advocacy Group: Three Americans Without Health Insurance Die Every Hour
According to “Dying for Coverage,” the latest report by Families USA, 72 Americans die each day, 500 Americans die every week and approximately Americans 2,175 die each...
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The impact of Living out Loud as a Gay Jamaican
By Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn It has been a week since the first story broke about my marriage to my beautiful wife, Emma Benn, at Silver...
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My Father’s Daughter
When I was a child, I lost one father and gained another. Damaged and blessed simultaneously, as many of us are, my girlhood was shaped...
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Celebrating Father’s Day and LGBTQ Pride
Michael Simmons, my father, comrade, and friend, was the first man I knew who championed women’s rights and the rights of LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual...
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An Official Dad
I grew up a child of divorced parents. My father was gone most of the time, and my mom did everything for me. She was...
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Female Doctors Paid Less Than Male Counterparts, Study Finds
Lead author Dr. Reshma Jagsi, a breast cancer radiation specialist and researcher at the University of Michigan, publicly released findings of a study about pay differences...
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"Most Affectionately Ever Yours": Slavery, Literacy and Black Women's Friendships
By Tara Bynum and Alexis Pauline Gumbs From at least 1772 to 1779 Phillis Wheatley, the “first” published African American poet wrote letters to another...
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Florida's Stand Your Ground Defense More Likely To Succeed If Victim Is Black: Study
A newspaper report has found that the Stand Your Ground self-defense statute in Florida is more likely to succeed when the victim is black. The Tampa...
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Badminton Shelves Rule Requiring Women Wear Skirts
When the Badminton World Federation (BWF) was looking to raise its profile and glamorize its image last year, it wrote into the official rulebook that...
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Our American Future: A Disadvantaged Majority?
By Bryan M-C Epps This year’s presidential election is set to be the most important one for all those who plan to be part of...