She broke barriers as a priest. She spends retirement organizing against 'Christofascism.'
From her ordination to organizing with the NAACP, Rev. Carter Heyward has always set a 'place at the table' for those previously denied.
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‘Intersectionality’ scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw thinks it’s time for everyone to talk back
In a new memoir, the legal expert shares how her experiences as a Black woman gave rise to frameworks the far-right has tried to weaponize. -
This ‘daughter of the Deep South’ is fighting for Black voting rights through storytelling
After the Supreme Court’s recent Voting Rights Act decision, Southern states are redrawing their voting maps in ways that could dilute Black political power. Alabama’s Anneshia Hardy said ‘our ancestors left us a blueprint’ to guide the battle ahead.
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She did everything she could to prevent the breakup of a majority-Black congressional district
“People didn’t send us here to draw racist maps, they sent us here to figure out how to fix the roads ... and lower our grocery prices," Tennessee state Sen. Charlane Oliver said.
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‘We’re gonna hang strong’: Black women in Congress face the next voting rights fight
They see the Supreme Court’s gerrymandering ruling as a devastating blow to Black voters — but are ready to win anyway.
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Supreme Court decision could undo decades of gains by Black women lawmakers
In a scathing dissent, Justice Elena Kagan said the court's conservative majority has completed its "demolition" of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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She followed a civil rights hero to Alabama. It shaped her path to power.
Jocelyn Benson’s journey to the Michigan governor’s race began with Viola Liuzzo, a mother from Detroit who set out for Selma in March of 1965 to join the fight for voting rights.
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For many Black women, the Target boycott is not over. It may never be.
A faith leader announced the end of a yearlong “Target fast,” but many Black women who helped launch the boycott say the movement wasn’t his to call off.
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In Illinois, a primary could mean a new record number of Black women in the Senate
Only five Black women have ever held a Senate seat. Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and Rep. Robin Kelly want to be the sixth.
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For these Black Muslim women, Ramadan is about faith, tradition and sisterhood
During Islam’s holiest month, three Detroit-area women talk about the many ways religion shapes their homes, identities and community.