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The language of the moment suggests that it's Blackness that's the problem, not bias.

The recent Power Rising Summit in Atlanta brought together nearly a thousand Black women from across the country to strategize on how to build political power and harness the momentum behind the surge of Black women running for office.

The women of GirlTrek are traversing 100 miles of the Underground Railroad to highlight Black female health and wellness.

In 1946, Viola Desmond insisted on sitting in the whites-only section of a Nova Scotia movie theater, and now she's being put on the $10 bill for her bravery.

Forty years ago, the Combahee River Collective issued an extraordinary manifesto on Black feminism. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor edits -- and offers perspective -- on the document and the collective that had a profound impact on today's Black feminism and Black liberation movements.

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Across the country families are getting wealthier, but rosy coverage of new census figures is hiding an alarming fact.

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