For Black women with Tourette syndrome, long-standing invisibility meets viral attention
Their journey to diagnosis is often marked by doubt and confusion, which have not abated as a controversy from an awards show ceremony continues to unfold.
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How to talk to your children about ICE
Child development experts share tips to help parents navigate this time of heightened stress and uncertainty as immigration enforcement expands.
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The people standing between students and ICE? Teachers.
With immigration enforcement keeping kids from class, educators are going beyond the curriculum — driving students to school, delivering groceries and even paying rent to support vulnerable families.
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How do you explain ICE to your child? Immigrant families are having 'The Talk'
For generations, Black Americans have prepared their children for the realities of racism. As ICE expands its reach, more parents are navigating similar conversations.
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She was sentenced to life in prison. A new law set her free after 23 years.
Nicole Boynton was the first woman freed as part of Georgia’s Survivor Justice Act, putting a national spotlight on how courts discount abuse in homicide cases — especially for Black women.
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‘He gave me my wings’: Jesse Jackson opened doors for Black women in politics
Jackson, who died Tuesday, worked to diversify the electorate and brought Black women into Democratic politics who ascended to positions of power.
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Detroit heard King’s dream first. These Black women are carrying it forward.
Alpha Kappa Alpha's Lambda Pi Omega chapter folds Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights history into a day of service that stretches far beyond the federal holiday.
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ICE violence against women is increasingly visible — and largely untracked
The killing of Renee Nicole Good — and the viral video that followed — underscores the forceful tactics long used against marginalized women.
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Civil rights activist Claudette Colvin dies at 86
At 15, Colvin became the first Black person to be arrested for challenging Montgomery’s bus laws. History has largely ignored her bravery.
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Asian-American nurses were WWII heroes. History left them behind.
Their stories surfaced in fragments, often only within families. A coalition led by Asian American women is pushing Congress to make them part of the official record.