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February 2024

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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January 2024

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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December 2023

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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November 2023

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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October 2023

African braids on Broadway, FDA proposes relaxer ban, a new Fortune 500 CEO
Plus, calls for Brazil's first Black woman justice, the importance of clinical trials, reflections on a radical UK newsletter & essays on the myth of…
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A historic Senate pick, Saving Black cemeteries, Ex-Lizzo staffer speaks out
Plus, a judge blocks a grant program for Black women entrepreneurs, Simone Biles defends an Irish gymnast, Oluwatoyin Salau's killer sentenced to life…
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