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Sexism almost sidelined Black women at 1963 March on Washington. How they fought back.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWASHINGTON − As the preliminary program for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom came...
Women continue to work just as hard as men but earn only a fraction of the pay
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFrom the beginning of my work life decades ago on through today, discussions and statistics about...
John Boyega Only Dates Black Women. Get Over It.
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn a profile by GQ UK, British actor John Boyega said he only dates Black women, which oddly spurred online uproar. “I only date Black,” said...
A feminist glossary because we didn't all major in gender studies
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCorrections and clarifications: A previous version of this story included a definition of "women of color" that has since been updated. Like any "ism," feminism is rich with jargon, which can ...
The African Diaspora: Countries Outside Of Africa With Large Black Populations
Blavity via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe African diaspora has been defined by DePaul University as a group of descendants of West and...
60 Years After March on Washington, America’s Progress Hinges on Liberating Black Women
Time via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA Black woman stands in a crowd and yells, "Freedom!" when asked to yell so loud it will be heard...
This Woman Went Viral After Responding To A Man Who Called Out Her "Valley Girl Accent," And I've...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMeet Kate, a Penn State student studying biobehavioral health. She's amassed nearly 200,000...
Anne Innis Dagg, Giraffe Researcher Who Was Held Back by Sexism, Dies at 91
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoOBITUARIES In 1956, at age 23, Anne Innis Dagg found herself sweltering inside a tiny Ford Prefect,...
A new wave of Black women are leading the fight for the ERA
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBlack women in Congress — specifically Reps. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) — are...
Modern Far-Right Terrorism Repeats Reconstruction-Era Themes
Time via Yahoo News· 1 month agoStreet memorials of flowers, candles, and messages surrounded the Tops supermarket where a racist...