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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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Patrice Peck

January 2024

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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Patrice Peck
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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The Wakeful

October 2023

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