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SF LGBT
fromQueerty
1 day ago

Honey Dijon on her proudest career moment: "I get to choose my day as a marginalized trans woman of color" - Queerty

Surviving as a marginalized trans woman of color, Honey Dijon emphasizes authenticity, cultural respect, and financial prudence in her successful music career.
Law
fromABA Journal
2 weeks ago

Millions of Americans continue to lack meaningful access to justice. What can be done about it?

Millions of Americans face legal challenges without access to affordable legal assistance, highlighting a significant justice gap.
Writing
fromwww.businessinsider.com
2 days ago

I became friends with a woman 40 years older than me. She taught me how to live.

A friendship flourished between two writers with a 40-year age difference, united by their passion for storytelling.
History
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 days ago

Slavery reparations are just, but who exactly owes whom?

Some African elites benefited from the slave trade, complicating the narrative of reparations in the context of historical injustices.
NYC politics
fromCity Limits
3 days ago

Opinion: Rethinking Immigrant Integration in NYC

Building low-cost bridges for immigrants leads to recognized credentials and stable work, enhancing their contributions to the economy.
Growth hacking
fromHubspot
3 days ago

8 Ways to Elevate Your Brand as a Creator or Entrepreneur (& Close the Pay Gap)

The global creator economy is projected to reach $1.18 trillion by 2032, significantly impacting minority creators and entrepreneurs.
Brooklyn
fromNY Carib News
3 days ago

Brooklyn, NY - Community, Clergy Support Farah Louis and Sister in Probe

Community leaders and residents support Council Member Farah Louis amid a federal investigation, emphasizing due process and the presumption of innocence.
fromFuncheap
4 days ago

Women Crossing/ Liminality

E4TT explores women's immigration and identity in a multimedia chamber music concert featuring new works by Juhi Bansal, Vivian Fung, and Pamela Z, among others.
Berlin music
Arts
fromHyperallergic
5 days ago

Inside a Black Panther Family Album

The Cleaver family's album illustrates the complexities of homemaking and identity in exile, highlighting the balance between stability and movement.
fromLGBTQ Nation
5 days ago

Lesbian organization wins appeal in demand to ban trans & bi women from events - LGBTQ Nation

The court has not endorsed discrimination against trans women, and it has not decided whether the exemption should be granted. It has simply identified legal errors in the tribunal's reasoning, so the matter must now be reconsidered.
LGBT
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
6 days ago

How I overcame homelessness to help others

Darren Skeete, a former rough sleeper and addict, now helps others facing similar challenges in west London through a council service.
Relationships
from24/7 Wall St.
6 days ago

Single Mom Gets Relationship and Financial Advice, and the Two Are Related

Shayna needs to address her financial situation and combine finances with her partner before the baby arrives.
#philanthropy
fromFortune
4 days ago
Higher education

MacKenzie Scott is bypassing the Ivy League and rewriting the $79 billion higher ed playbook by giving to HBCUs and community colleges | Fortune

Higher education
fromFortune
4 days ago

MacKenzie Scott is bypassing the Ivy League and rewriting the $79 billion higher ed playbook by giving to HBCUs and community colleges | Fortune

Americans donated $78.8 billion to colleges in 2025, with significant disparities in funding between Ivy League schools and HBCUs.
Women in technology
fromFast Company
6 days ago

Emma Grede says caring about money doesn't make you selfish

Women should openly discuss money and embrace being well compensated for meaningful work, challenging societal biases around wealth conversations.
Women
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Women's network for mid-life wellbeing launches

A woman created a community to empower middle-aged women after overcoming personal challenges and trying 50 new experiences before turning 50.
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Division is a threat to resistance. Here's how to build a stronger coalition | David C Turner III and Eric Morrison-Smith

Fascism is present, and unity in resistance is essential to combat oppression and promote love and revolution.
SF LGBT
fromwww.bbc.com
4 days ago

Trans woman leaves role with women's health charity

A trans woman resigned from a women's health charity amid criticism regarding her role and its implications for women's health advocacy.
Writing
fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

Can We Claim a Glorious Matriarchal Reality?

Christina Rivera's 'MY OCEANS' expresses deep emotions about Earth's ecosystems and the importance of female creativity in a care-based society.
Education
fromNew York Amsterdam News
1 week ago

NAACP NY to launch Freedom Schools in Brooklyn starting April 18

The NAACP New York State Conference is launching a modern Freedom School in Brooklyn focusing on Black history and civic leadership.
Brooklyn
fromNew York Amsterdam News
5 days ago

Rev. Al Sharpton says killing of Brooklyn toddler is a 'wake up call'

A seven-month-old baby was killed by a stray bullet, prompting calls for community action and justice from Rev. Al Sharpton and others.
Arts
fromArtnet News
6 days ago

The Story of Edmonia Lewis, America's First Black and Indigenous Art Star

Edmonia Lewis was the first Black and Indigenous U.S. artist to gain international acclaim as a sculptor, creating works that supported social causes.
Miami
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

The Gueras Aliadas': How two American women are helping locate migrants lost in the ICE labyrinth

Fernanda's father was detained by ICE, prompting her to seek help through social media to locate him.
#transgender-rights
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago
LGBT

Remembering trailblazing trans activist Miss Major

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy spent over five decades fighting for transgender equality, transforming personal hardship into sustained leadership and advocacy.
fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

Tonika Lewis Johnson: Segregation and How to Disrupt It

Tonika Lewis Johnson's Folded Map Project connects residents known as 'map twins' who live on the same street name but miles apart, revealing structural inequality and personal commonality.
Arts
#black-women
fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks ago

The Black Daughters of the American Revolution

Karen Batchelor's discovery of her eligibility for the Daughters of the American Revolution was surprising, given the organization's long history of racism and elitism.
Social justice
Women in technology
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Black women are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs

Black women face rising unemployment and workplace discrimination, but are becoming the fastest-growing entrepreneurs in the United States with 13% business growth.
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
1 month ago

How the NAACP Is Stopping Dirty Data | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

Developers promise "community investments," downtown revitalization, and a new "AI Center." What they don't say is that this development comes tethered to a massive resource-intensive data center that will cost billions, create pollution, and concentrate profits for the corporations and CEOs at the top-not the surrounding communities. This is not innovation, it's exploitation.
Environment
LA food
fromKqed
1 month ago

Sharing the Stories of Black Altadena's Recovery and Resilience | KQED

Radio host James Farr amplifies voices of Altadena's Black fire survivors through ongoing community journalism, documenting their journey from disaster response through displacement and rebuilding decisions.
Women in technology
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

How to Advance and Support Women at Work All Year Long

Companies are scaling back Women's History Month initiatives despite persistent gender equity challenges in workforce retention, leadership advancement, and caregiving policies.
fromTruthout
4 weeks ago

Formerly Incarcerated Women Are Pushing Systemic Change in Elected Office

That was my freshman bill. The following year, the state passed my bill to expand housing assistance vouchers from three to six months for people released from prison.
Social justice
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Photos: These bold women stand up for justice, rights ... and freedom

During World War I, women in Russia went on strike. They demanded "bread and peace." Among the results of their four-day protest: the Czar abdicated and women gained the right to vote. This bold strike began on Feb. 23, 1917, according to the Julian calendar then used in Russia. That date translated to March 8 in the Gregorian calendar that much of the world uses.
Women
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

How to Validate Your Black Woman Client's Experience

Countertransference can cause therapists to invalidate Black clients' experiences, contributing to avoidance of mental health treatment.
Social justice
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

When Black Girls Go Missing, Why Does the World Look Away?

Race significantly influences perceptions of missing children, with Black children receiving less media attention despite higher rates of disappearance.
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

Quote of the day by Michelle Obama: "You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages" - Silicon Canals

Not so long ago,I found myself staring at my laptop screen, unemployed for the third month straight. The media industry cuts had claimed another victim, and that victim was me. At first, I told myself it was just a temporary setback. But as rejection emails piled up and freelance gigs barely covered my rent, I started wondering if this was less of a speed bump and more of a dead end.
Careers
Film
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

These 10 essential movies about Black people with HIV will open your heart & mind - LGBTQ Nation

On-screen representation of people living with HIV remains extremely limited across platforms, with especially poor representation of Black people and few meaningful portrayals.
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

Black History Month Feels Different This Year - And So Should Your Leadership

The people carrying the heaviest weight are often the ones least likely to speak up. They're balancing Q1 deliverables with questions that never make it to a staff meeting: Does anyone see what's happening? Will anyone acknowledge it? If I speak up, what does it cost me?
Business
Public health
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

13 Black community organizations fighting HIV in the U.S. you should know

Black people in the U.S. experience disproportionately high HIV diagnosis rates while community organizations provide targeted prevention, care, and advocacy resources.
Venture
fromFast Company
8 years ago

How These Black Founders Are Building Startups Without Investors

Black and Latinx entrepreneurs, especially women of color, face disproportionate barriers to venture capital, forcing them to pursue alternative funding and growth strategies.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Sudan's women break traditional rules' to survive

In the displacement camps of Ad-Damazin in southeastern Sudan's Blue Nile State, the war is reshaping social norms and introducing new realities that are forcing Sudanese women into manual labour to survive. Rasha is a displaced mother. She has ignored old boundaries and perceptions of what a man's work is and started working as a woodcutter to feed her children. Carpentry is hard, but the axe has become an extension of my hand, Rasha told Al Jazeera Arabic.
World news
fromMedium
4 years ago

bell hooks saved me

bell hooks saved me. I say that in all sincerity. At a critical time in my life, when I was at my lowest point, it was bell hooks, through her books, who pulled me out of a hole of profound depression and set me on a path of self-renewal on which I have remained ever since. Newly divorced with two very young sons, I was determined to give a better fatherhood experience than the one I had.
Digital life
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Fostering Change: Moving From Influence to Impact

Social media platforms prioritize engagement and certainty, while structured, community-based spaces like classrooms better support deliberation, reflection, learning, and sustained impact.
Education
fromTruthout
1 month ago

We Must Defend Black History - It Fuels Freedom Dreams of Students Under Attack

Teachers must transform curricula to eliminate biases and systems of domination while protecting vulnerable students, particularly Black students and students of color, from contemporary educational injustices.
Social justice
fromCN Traveller
1 month ago

"Black excellence is everywhere, Black connection is not": Inside the event designed to connect, unite and inspire Black thinkers

The Diaspora Salon in Marrakech convenes African and diaspora intellectuals, artists, and entrepreneurs to discuss culture, power, and economic futures across multiple disciplines.
Environment
fromNature
1 month ago

I will continue the fight for environmental justice in Black communities

Robert Bullard pioneered environmental justice by documenting pollution disparities in Black communities and converting research into policy action and legal challenges.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Black History Month was never given' to Black people, thus, it can never be taken from us

If you know anything about the basic origins of Black History Month then you know that we weren't given' anything. The question of who owns and authorizes Black History Month holds particular relevance now, in its centennial year, and at a time when efforts to celebrate, preserve, and acknowledge Black people's past in this country are under attack.
History
SF LGBT
fromSan Francisco Bay Times
1 month ago

Fourth Annual Honoring LGBTQ+ Bay Area Black Women Leaders & Allies - San Francisco Bay Times

The San Francisco Bay Times and Oakland LGBTQ Center will host the fourth annual Honoring LGBTQ+ Bay Area Black Women Leaders & Allies awards ceremony on February 26, 2026, at The White Horse Inn in Oakland, recognizing fifteen individuals across multiple fields and generations.
#hivaids
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago
Public health

These 3 lessons from the AIDS epidemic show how Black communities can combat HIV under Trump - LGBTQ Nation

fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago
Public health

These 3 lessons from the AIDS epidemic show how Black communities can combat HIV under Trump - LGBTQ Nation

US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

"Invest in community": A gay mom built her own support network after Trump killed her business - LGBTQ Nation

Funding cuts under the second Trump administration ended her business; she built Gay Moms Club as a lifeline and urges leaders to support queer families.
#lgbtq-rights
Social justice
fromHarvard Gazette
1 month ago

Why we need Black bioethics - Harvard Gazette

Black bioethics is necessary to address persistent healthcare inequities, including higher mortality rates, lower life expectancy, and disparities in COVID-19 treatment rooted in historical medical racism.
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

6 Black activists who changed the HIV/AIDS response in America

By the mid-1980s, the AIDS epidemic had completely gripped the nation. Its victims, primarily queer men, were dying by the thousands. Fear and misinformation reigned supreme, and our government refused to respond to the crisis. Reverend Charles Angel, a community leader and activist who was living with HIV himself, recognized that queer men of color faced additional disparities due to cultural norms and societal inequities.
Public health
SF LGBT
fromSan Francisco Bay Times
1 month ago

Honorees of the 2026 Honoring LGBTQ+ Bay Area Black Women Leaders & Allies - San Francisco Bay Times

Three Oakland leaders—Dennise Acio, Sonya Brewer, and Rowena J. Brown—bring diverse expertise in hospitality, somatic therapy, and community organizing to advance justice, connection, and healing in their community.
#jesse-jackson
fromCbsnews
2 months ago
US politics

New York leaders mourn Rev. Jesse Jackson as "a giant of the civil rights movement"

fromCbsnews
2 months ago
US politics

New York leaders mourn Rev. Jesse Jackson as "a giant of the civil rights movement"

fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

6 Black activists who changed the HIV/AIDS response in America

By the mid-1980s, the AIDS epidemic had completely gripped the nation. Its victims, primarily queer men, were dying by the thousands. Fear and misinformation reigned supreme, and our government refused to respond to the crisis. Reverend Charles Angel, a community leader and activist who was living with HIV himself, recognized that queer men of color faced additional disparities due to cultural norms and societal inequities.
Public health
US politics
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

HBCU Law School Not Allowed To Use The Word 'Black' For Black History Month Event - Above the Law

Florida policies and enforcement practices are effectively censoring the word 'Black' at a historically Black law school, chilling Black History Month promotion.
Social justice
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Data is power: What we need to build meaningful infrastructure for Black & brown trans folks - LGBTQ Nation

Black transgender people are systematically excluded from research design and data collection, rendering their lived experiences invisible in statistics used by policymakers and organizations.
Social justice
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

Abolition Is Still the Only Way Out of This

Superficial reforms like body cameras and uniforms fail to challenge systemic state violence and instead legitimize and enable continued expansion and funding of ICE and policing.
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