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Black women on labeling faith, pregnancy fears, and benefits of basic income
Plus, pregnant women in Haiti at high-risk, a writer speaks to Chat GPT’s “Black Female Therapist," Giselle Byrd makes trans women history, LSU faces…
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Black Women in the News: The case against Fani Willis, heroic Sudan midwives, sports leadership trailblazers
Plus, a tribute to Black women wins Rio Carnival, Beyoncé's country music legacy, and insights from the frontline of reproductive rights.
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Black women boost labor unions, face epidural disparities, and are snubbed at Grammys
Plus, high-profile rap beefs and dancehall clashes, "superwoman schema" explored, Fearless Fund returns to court, Black women academics, British…
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The Color Purple's queer erasure, Coco Gauff reflects on failure, police kill Niani Finlayson
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Black feminists for Palestine, Cherelle Parker's historic mayoral run, how Congo and Sudan conflicts impact women
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Coco Gauff's victorious week, police shooting of Ta’Kiya Young, LA hospital centers Black moms
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Adopting as a single Black woman, representation in 'Queen Charlotte,' and young women embrace 'sex negative feminism'
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Adopting Black foster children, Sheryl Lee Ralph’s new HIV film, defending ESPN’s Malika Andrews
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Coronavirus News for Black Folks has a new focus: Black girls and women
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The Color Purple's queer erasure, Coco Gauff reflects on failure, police kill Niani Finlayson
Plus, the reality of not trying to conceive, the best Black women film performances of 2023, mom-daughter duo defamed by Rudy Giuliani rewarded $148…
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Black women and infertility, Beyoncé's controversial "silence," Inclusive sex education
Plus, a wildlife show host breaks barriers, Botox trends as haircare, an Ohio woman faces felony charges for miscarriage, Cassie's friend confirms…
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Adopting Black foster children, Sheryl Lee Ralph’s new HIV film, defending ESPN’s Malika Andrews
Plus, the bordello madam who built a mega business empire, Michigan college students launch mental health app, Kansas teens defend attacked classmate, a…
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Black women clinch historic abortion win, defend Angel Reese and Nia DaCosta, are flagged as "low performers"
Plus, an iconic Black Feminist artist, a lawyer aspiring for chess history, a government contractor turned first-gen farmer, Brazilian women leaders…
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Spelman's pro-Palestine legacy, Cassie settles lawsuit against Diddy, Tracy Chapman makes music history
Plus, a journalist reports on and pursues "reproductive autonomy," an essay comparing Grammy nominations and corporate America, trans activist Raquel…
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Pivotal election results, Megan Thee Stallion and depression, and a bunch of "First"s
Plus, Hulu's "Black Cake," the all-Black women team summiting Kilimanjaro, menopause's racial disparity, "Black Girl Mathgic" to ban math anxiety…
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Black feminists for Palestine, Cherelle Parker's historic mayoral run, how Congo and Sudan conflicts impact women
Plus, The Wakeful attends the first Black Sound Healer summit, a deadly month for Black trans women, UK's first refuge sanctuary for Black women, a…
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A weekly newsletter amplifying today's top news about Black women. Curated by journalist Patrice Peck.
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