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Book Release: Jezebel Unhinged: Loosing the Black Female Body in Religion and Culture
#eulogizingaretha: For the Colored Girl Who Gave Us a Rainbow When the Black Church Wasn’t Enuff (Benediction)
#eulogizingaretha: A Reflection Upon a Musical Selection: “Mary, Don’t You Weep”
#eulogizingaretha: What We Need to Say About Mother Franklin
#eulogizingaretha: The Power of Aretha Louise Franklin
#eulogizingaretha: A Rose Is Still A Rose
#eulogizingaretha: The Queen Saved My Soul
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#eulogizingaretha: Her life. Her love for us. Our love for her.
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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...
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Growing Up Loving a Working Mother
By Sydney When I tell people that my mother was a stripper, professional dominatrix, and at one point owned an escort service, I usually get...
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Introducing (Young Voices Edition): Kiyan Williams
Kiyan Williams is a Newark-bred scholar and activist. He is currently an undergraduate at Stanford University, where he majors in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity...
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Introducing (Young Voices Edition): Mason Casper-Milam
Mason Casper-Milam is ten years old. She enjoys reading, writing, art, and nature. She has a pet fish named Aqua, who she sometimes forgets to feed....
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Introducing (Young Voices Edition): Dylan McCann
Dylan McCann is a recent high school graduate and will attend Warren Wilson College in the fall of 2012 to pursue a degree in Creative Writing....
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Worry and anxiety have worn me down to the bone
There was no rug on the floor and the old lady from downstairs would crawl up on her hands through the wood and show up...
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House to Review Bill Targeting Sex-Selective Abortions
On Wednesday, May 30, the United States House of Representatives will consider the “Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act.” Known as “PRENDA,” the latest version of the bill...
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What do HPV completion rates say about women’s access to health care?
By Gwen Emmons After a difficult fight to approve the HPV vaccine (and defend it from opponents who claimed the vaccine causes promiscuity, “mental retardation,” and...
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Global Voice Hall Holds First Forum to Discuss Political Roles of Arab Women
The Global Voice Hall (GVH) held its first forum in Kuwait titled ‘The Absence of Women in Politics….’ on Sunday at the Graduates Society. The...
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What We Aren’t Talking About When We Talk About ‘White Privilege’
By Theresa Warburton and Joshua Cerretti We’re white feminists. We aren’t white just because our ancestors were mostly European. We are white because we regularly...
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Palm Wine! The Birth Of A Movement
By Osazeme O, founding member of Palm Wine When discussing LGBTQ human rights on the African continent, the argument typically falls somewhere along the spectrum of...
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Peta for Prez: A Black Feminist Socialist Presidential Candidate Speaks!
My dreams don’t usually take the form of the state. But in my dream state the Combahee River Collective statement would be the preamble to...
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In 23 Years, 2000 Wrongfully Convicted People Exonerated
More than 2,000 people have been exonerated of serious crimes since 1989 in the United States, according to a report by college researchers who have...
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Aging, as They Say, is Not for Sissies; But it is for Pussies
By Shari Collins “You’re 50!” the OB/GYN yelled. She was clearly exasperated. Oh, and she looked like she was maybe 23. I tried again to...
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Reflections on Manny-gayte
By Theresa Runstedtler I’ve been a fervent Pacquiao fan for many years but “Manny-gayte” has left me feeling uneasy about my loyalty to him in...
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Beyond the Access Narrative: Marriage Politics, Austerity, Surveillance
By Tamara K. Nopper Several years ago I was at a mall in Philadelphia buying a meal from KFC. Because I didn’t want my cole...
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Arizona Secretary Of State Threatens To Keep Obama Off Ballot
Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett made moves to appease birthers in his state this week, petitioning the state of Hawaii to confirm the existence...
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Love in the Time of Amendment One: From Arizona to North Carolina
By Mason Casper-Milam, with a response from Heather Laine Talley LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. But this article is just on the...