Black women
Black women laundry workers finally get their due as organizers and leaders
August 9, 2021As a history of laundry workers and their 108-year struggle for justice from 1912 to 2020, Jenny Carson's book comes at an important time.
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Celebrating the ascendency of Kamala Harris to the vice presidency
November 10, 2020Her election is seen by labor and its allies as a victory for the entire working class.
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Kentucky A.G. Cameron seeks to silence jurors in Breonna Taylor case
October 9, 2020T he Trump-aligned Attorney General of Kentucky is still making moves to keep grand jurors from speaking out about the way his office presented the Breonna Taylor murder case to them.
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Ohio activist Morgan Harper didn’t make it to Congress, but she’s still fighting
September 24, 2020Residents in Ohio's 3rd District hoped they might soon be represented in Congress by someone who endorses Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, and student debt relief. But they'll have to wait, for now.
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Black women in the forefront of the political struggle
August 3, 2020Now Black women are mobilized and demanding an overdue return on their investment. Over the last several years and across America, Black women ran and won elections in historic numbers, from Congress to county school boards.
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