Here’s Where to Spend Your Coins this National Black Business Month
By Brianna Moné 2.6 million That’s the number of Black-owned businesses in this country, according to the latest stats compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2012 [...]
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#SayHerName: Nia Wilson’s Killer Has Been Arrested
By Andréa Butler About 24 hours after the stabbing of 18-year-old Nia Wilson and her 26-year-old sister Letifah at the MacArthur Bay Area Transit (BART) station in Oakland, [...]
These Two Black Girls are Killin’ It in the Environmental Science Space
Does your love for Mother Earth run deep? Do you have a hard time finishing the day without counting your carbon footprint? Become one with nature and consider rockin’ it [...]
Here’s How to Turn Those Resolutions Into Reality
By Kennadi Harris “New year, who ‘dis?” Tbh, you don’t really know. Setting goals for that new new is great, but you don’t have to do a [...]
Shattering the S.T.E.M. Stereotype
Science, technology, engineering, and math are fields booming with opportunity. They are also fields that lack representation when it comes to minorities and women. Here, six [...]
The Carefree Black Girl’s Fall Bucket List
Maple pecan coffee, pumpkin spice everything, fly fall ‘fits, football games, and fairs — fall has finally come through, and we are living for it. Sure, school is in [...]
Black Girls and Immigration in the Age of 45
In the era of this new administration, policies affecting immigration are at an all-time high. A country that used to be an open door to many is now shutting down [...]
Protesters Get in Formation to Topple Confederate Statue
In response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia this past weekend, a diverse group of anti-racist protesters went full-on Bree Newsome and took it upon themselves to [...]
The First Mass March for Black Lives Went Down 100 Years Ago
Racially motivated murders of Black people is a legacy that’s been passed down for decades in this country. And while there were no hashtags for Jesse Washington (a [...]
Mo’ Money, Mo’ Power: Why Boycotting Actually Works
As Beyoncé says, “Best revenge is yo’ paper.” And Black girls like you have the power to spur change by kicking businesses that support racism and bigotry where it [...]
