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THE MAKING OF A NEW ANTI-RACIST FEMINIST WORKING CLASS; #Feminism4the99
Black Feminism and Black Moses, Part II
On #survivingrkelly: deconstruction, accountability, and a #networkofpredation
A Commitment to/with/for The Damned
The Time Has Come for White Women to Move Beyond Lip Service: Toward an Anti-Racist Professional Ethics for White Women’s Studies Directors
The (Un)Fair Fight for a Just Democracy
A Collective Student Response to the “Chicago Statement”
Lessons from the Damned, 2018; or Why We Cannot wait for Tenure to Insist upon our Dignity, Respect, Power, and Value
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
#eulogizingaretha: A Natural Black Woman: Aretha Franklin’s #BlackGirlMagic
#eulogizingaretha: Her life. Her love for us. Our love for her.
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Europe Continues to Convulse as Berlusconi Resigns
Silvio Berlusconi stepped down earlier this week as Prime Minister of Italy as the European region continues to roil with economic and political instability....
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"Paterno Is Finished at Penn State, and President Is Out"
In one of the most stunning developments in intercollegiate sports the last few years, legendary football coach, Joe Paterno, was fired Wednesday evening by the...
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Preventing the Undesirables: Forced Sterilization & Eugenics in the US and Abroad
If you enjoy the luxury of living under a rock, you may have missed the news that the planet’s population has reached (and now exceeded)...
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Breaking News: Hip Hop artist, Heavy D, dead at 44
Hip Hop fans are mourning the loss of Hip Hop legend, Heavy D (Dwight Errington Myers), who died suddenly yesterday. Hip Hop culture often gets...
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The Christian Fascists’ Personhood Campaign
Taking its dangerous “life begins at conception” assault from State Legislature to State Legislature, one of the most dangerous political forces in the United States...
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Citing new research, psychology group supports gay marriage
By Catherine Morrisey-Ribeiro The American Psychological Association (APA) announced its full support for same-sex marriages and unions. Numerous studies have shown that GLBT individuals desire...
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Mississippi's Initiative 26 Challenges Women's Personhood
By Kalen Young “Alabama’s got me so upset, Tennessee made me lose my rest, and everybody knows about Mississsippi Goddam…” Little did anyone assume...
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For the love of football, white masculinity and underprivileged boys
Jerry Sandusky, 67, a former Penn State University football coach, “credited as the architect of defenses that helped win national championships,” was arrested Saturday and charged with...
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Victims speak out about North Carolina sterilization program, which targeted women, young girls and blacks
Elaine Riddick was 13 years old when she got pregnant after being raped by a neighbor in Winfall, N.C., in 1967. The state ordered that...
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Why HPV Vaccination Of Boys May Be Easier
By Catherine Morrisey-Ribeiro When the CDC recommended pre-teen and teen girls get vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), a wave of outrage was voiced. Only...
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Hypothetical Women, Real Violence
By Wanda Kolomyjec and Monica J. Casper Some disturbingly familiar scenes from the campaign trail… “Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you...
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Reproductive Justice Forum on TFW
Today in TFW, we begin a series of articles about reproductive justice, one of the most urgent issues of our time. Indeed, few issues so...
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Occupy Rape Culture
The Occupy movement has a growing challenge that needs immediate attention: in-house rape. As of today, there are at least 4 reported rapes in Baltimore,...
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Occupy Wall Street Fears an Eviction Notice
According to The Atlantic Wire, Mayor Bloomberg is toying with the idea of evicting the Wall Street Occupy protestors from Zuccotti Park due to recent...
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Asylum Suitcases, Found And Photographed
By Catherine Morrisey-Ribeiro Photographer Jon Crispin was given free reign in the 1980s to go through the countless belongings left behind in New York’s abandoned...
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New Jackie Kennedy tapes offer White House insight
By Catherine Morrisey-Ribeiro Tapes recently released by Caroline Kennedy of her mother, Jacqueline, will be scrutinized and analyzed by historians for years. The tapes give...
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It’s About Time: FBI Begins Process to Redefine Rape
By Ally Karsyn Countless cases of sexual assault are excluded from federal statistics each year. Since 1927, the FBI has been using the same definition...
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Most Americans Think Income Inequality Is A Big Problem: Poll
The wealth gap may pose a real risk to the financial health of the country. Analysts at the International Monetary Fund have warned that the...