Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker Donna Brazile wrote that she is “excited to join the honest and passionate debate at Fox News about our future.”Photograph by Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call / Getty. Featured Image Donna Brazile, who has twice served as the interim chair of the Democratic National Committee, is one of the […]
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Ameera Steward, Birmingham Times Tiffany Alexander (Amarr Croskey photo). Featured Image Spending long periods of time in a hospital with her mother, who had been diagnosed with cancer, gave Tiffany Alexander a love for health care and helping others. “We always had a great medical staff [at Russell Medical Center in Alexander City, Ala.], so […]
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Andrea Dijkstra, BBC News Kenya’s fishermen are increasingly struggling to make a living. JEROEN VAN LOON. Featured Image As the frozen fish defrosts under the hot Kenyan sun, fishmonger Mechak Juma prefers not to tell his customers that it has come all the way from China. We are at the largest fish market in the […]
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Breanna Edwards, The Root Brennon Jones takes to the streets of Philadelphia giving haircuts to the homeless. Courtesy of Brennon Jones. Featured Image Winter is approaching and, with it, all the difficult weather conditions that often apply. Because of that, one kindhearted Philadelphia man thought that he would have to temporarily give up his mission […]
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Rebecca Traister, The Cut In an election-night tweet, Democrat Stacey Abrams urged her supporters to “STAY IN LINE until your vote is cast.” Three polls stayed open late after some voting machines in predominantly black districts were delivered with no power cords, rendering them useless. (Stacey Abrams/Twitter). Featured Image I am sitting in a car […]
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New Novel Highlights Jim Crow, Colorism and George Stinney, Jr.
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She’s a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside a blistering forehand: For all her growing fame, the world’s No. 1 remains tough to define—just the way she likes it.
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Sherrexcia Rolle is adding a little #BlackGirlMagic to the predominantly white aviation industry.
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Black women are making telling contributions to the aviation sector, an industry which is largely male-dominated.
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Denise Oliver Velez, Daily Kos Chris Capilongo. Featured Image Watching Democratic Party women don white to attend the State of the Union address back in January in honor of the suffragists’ battle for the vote evoked mixed feelings. I felt pride as a feminist, and pain as a black woman aware of the fact that […]
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