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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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Adopting as a single Black woman, representation in 'Queen Charlotte,' and young women embrace 'sex negative feminism'
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Coco Gauff's victorious week, police shooting of Ta’Kiya Young, LA hospital centers Black moms
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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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Olympians and maternal mortality, the student loan burden, a new cannabis conference...
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Autism research, the Hollywood writers strike, eating disorders, remembering Jessie Maple...
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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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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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New poll reveals Black women's top issues, biased breast cancer testing, backlash from Black men online
Plus, new bill proposes a federal office for missing and murdered Black women, attack at a beauty supply store sparks London protests, new films and TV…
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Coco Gauff's victorious week, police shooting of Ta’Kiya Young, LA hospital centers Black moms
Plus, Rep. Barbara Lee speaks out against governor's "caretaker" plan, Black tech founders on media tokenism, the criticism of musicians past and…
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Fani Willis' unequal burden, gamers combat loneliness, the power of cockiness
Plus, a new report on maternity care mistreatment, a surge in homicides of Black women in Iowa, the women who predicted the dangers of AI, the making of…
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