Featured Opinion Opinions Politics June 8, 2021 AOC endorsing Maya Wiley is a test for Black and brown women’s political power What a brave new world we live in as women. The vice president of the United States of America is...
Featured Opinion Opinions Politics May 26, 2021 Kristen Clarke made history, but race and politics nearly stood in the way … again It’s always hard to be the first. But in some instances, the first is usually the most obvious person to...
Education Featured Opinion Opinions May 21, 2021 Nikole Hannah-Jones and the burden of Black excellence in a whitewashed America My Nana used to tell us, “Baby you have to be twice as good.” I never understood what she meant...
Featured Opinion Opinions Politics May 20, 2021 Val Demings for U.S. Senate in Florida? Yes, Ma’am. What does it say that there are 24 women serving in the United States Senate presently and not one of...
Featured Opinion Opinions Politics April 30, 2021 Why Black women aren’t getting elected to statewide and executive positions Right here in the Commonwealth of Virginia, my home state for over 30 years, we remain the only southern state...
Featured Opinion Opinions April 21, 2021 For Black America, the Derek Chauvin verdict hits on a spiritual level There is something soul-stirring about the Black church. When you grow up as I did, and many of us did...
Crime Featured Opinion Opinions April 12, 2021 Will Derek Chauvin get away with murder? Not likely this time If Derek Chauvin, who murdered George Floyd on videotape, is convicted it will be for one reason in my opinion:...
Featured Media Opinion Opinions April 8, 2021 The loss of Midwin Charles hits home for Black women who loved and admired her We lost a great Black woman’s voice this week with the death of longtime MSNBC legal analyst (and former Court...
Featured Politics March 30, 2021 VP Harris’s Thankless Task: Immigration reform is the graveyard of politics Vice President Kamala Harris, like all vice presidents before her, has become essentially invisible. We see her standing quietly (masked)...
Featured Opinion Opinions Politics March 25, 2021 From slavery to segregation, the Senate filibuster is very much racist Most people try not to focus on what the U.S. Senate does, because candidly, it does very little. Over the...
Featured Opinion Opinions Politics March 7, 2021 A new conservative movement must embrace voting rights for Black and Brown people Everyone keeps asking if the modern-day Republican Party, otherwise known as the Party of Trump, can be fixed or saved...
Featured Opinion Opinions Politics Women March 3, 2021 How Michelle Obama helped Black women be their authentic selves As we slide into Women’s History Month with Black History Month now in the rearview mirror, I can’t help but...
Opinion Opinions February 18, 2021 Why lawsuit invoking the KKK Act against Trump and his minions matters House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi and the NAACP are playing no games, and they are...
Featured Opinion Opinions Politics February 14, 2021 The impeachment trial may be over, but Rep. Stacey Plaskett deserves our praise She stood tall. She stood firm. She wore fashion fit for a couturier corporate board runway, and when she spoke...
Featured News Opinion Opinions February 7, 2021 White Male Fragility: A problem powerful Black women still have to endure Last week, two national incidents involving two of our best and brightest sister stars in the Black community, Vice President...
Featured Politics February 2, 2021 Republicans have a way bigger problem than their fear of Stacey Abrams Georgia Republicans have reportedly created a Political Action Committee to “stop” Stacey Abrams from running for governor in 2022. Excuse...
Featured News Opinion Opinions January 29, 2021 Hell no, we can’t ‘co-exist’ with white terrorists I recently read a piece in The Atlantic Magazine last week, titled, “Co-Existence Is the Only Option” by Pulitzer Prize-winning...
Featured Opinions Politics January 26, 2021 Protecting Madam Vice President Kamala Harris, a national treasure, at all costs Kamala Devi Harris has been sworn and is now the first female vice president in U.S. history. And speculation has...
Featured Politics Washington DC January 19, 2021 Mayor Muriel Bowser deserves her props for keeping the nation’s Capitol safe Let me be unequivocal out the gate: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser saw the Capitol insurrection storm coming. Days before the...
Featured Opinion Opinions Politics January 14, 2021 Can we talk about the Republican Party’s white women problem? Donald Trump has once again made history — and of course not for good reason. He is the first president...
