U.S. Rep. Cory Mills facing simple assault investigation after incident at Washington home
A woman who lives at the Washington, D.C., home of Congressman Cory Mills told police he assaulted her. Metro Police are ...
Review: In ‘Liberation,’ the Feminist Revolution Will Be Dramatized
Bess Wohl’s moving new play, about a group of women in 1970s Ohio, explores the power of sisterhood and the limits of ...
Mabel Staton, trailblazer who was US team’s only female long jumper at the 1952 Olympics, dies at 92
Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers to become the only woman to compete for ...
Smithsonian Magazine4h
The Trailblazing Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Racial Passing
Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...
Jurist22h
Montana judge rules state law defining sex in binary terms unconstitutional
A Montana judge on Wednesday struck down a state law defining sex in binary terms, finding that the law violated the Montana Constitution’s guarantees of equal protection and privacy. Judge Leslie ...
Opinion
It’s time to lock our arms and stand strong for Black rights. Let Mandela guide us | Opinion
Everything! It’s called loving your neighbor as yourself. It’s called being concerned about the well-being of others and ...
Axios Des Moines on MSN6h
Sit-ins, soldiers, a lost district: Des Moines' remarkable Black history
Flashback: Griffin and two other Black residents were denied service at Katz Drug Store in downtown Des Moines in 1948, per ...
The Sacramento Observer9h
The Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Passing
In the early 20th century — a time when men held most positions of authority — Greene was a celebrated book agent, a curator and the first director of the Morgan Library. She also earned US$10,000 a ...