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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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Na'Ziyah Harris’s Tragedy, Keke Palmer & SZA’s Comedy Breakthrough, Black Women Unite Amid Wildfires
Plus: Georgia Black women push for policy change, Mississippi’s first Black woman state epidemiologist, Black Girl Vitamins tackles vitamin D…
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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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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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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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Adopting as a single Black woman, representation in 'Queen Charlotte,' and young women embrace 'sex negative feminism'
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Viola Davis plays president, Trans leaders choose joy, Gun class aims for empowerment
Plus, a new episode of Behind the Byline podcast, LYS scores an eight-figure investment, Amy Sherald paints America at the Whitney, ESPN Black women…
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Coronavirus News for Black Folks has a new focus: Black girls and women
Allow me to reintroduce myself: Patrice Peck, journalist and founder of The Wakeful, a newsletter highlighting the latest news about Black girls 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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Olympians and maternal mortality, the student loan burden, a new cannabis conference...
Plus, how Black women in hip hop changed the way we talk about AIDS, how mediocre relationships might block Black women's wealth, and alarming crime…
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Autism research, the Hollywood writers strike, eating disorders, remembering Jessie Maple...
Plus, Black women top contenders for open blue Senate seats, the nation's first Office of Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls, reflecting on…
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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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