“There’s a feeling that this woman has to be the woman that gets it across the finish line — otherwise, the story is that a woman couldn’t get it done again.”
The 60th anniversary of the American classic coincides with a national reckoning on race. The moment presents an opportunity for Americans to finally read “Mockingbird” for the story it is — not the one too many would like for it to be.
The former national security adviser and ambassador doesn't think elected experience is a necessary qualification for the vice presidency.
Headed into November, several Black women voters, organizers and activists say this could be the year they are finally valued — not just for their output, but for their input.
While many Black women are calling for Joe Biden to choose someone who looks like them as his running mate, others say the White woman they are open to is Elizabeth Warren.
Sharron Cooks, 42, founder of Making Our Lives Easier, says the recent unrest roiling the country has marked a return to the origins of Pride, which celebrates the 1969 Stonewall uprising.
Organizers in Louisville say many voters told them that Breonna Taylor was on their minds as they cast their ballots.
In many ways, Harris’s career stands as a nexus: between cries to “defund the police” and to compromise and legislate.
Odunde, a joyful tradition and display of Black pride, moves online to unite the community and skip health risks.
Instead of celebrating what should have been the day her daughter turned 27, Tamika Palmer was in mourning.