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By Jameelah Nasheed ·Updated March 12, 2024
Hometown Heroes is a series in the print issue of ESSENCE Magazine profiling changemakers in local communities who are working toward economic and racial justice.
Reverend Keyanna Jones is an East Atlanta native, an ordained minister, an interfaith leader, a wife and a mother. She is also a social justice activist and a community organizer at the forefront of Atlanta’s movement against the city’s plans to
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Getty Images By Melissa Noel ·Updated March 11, 2024
Republican lawmakers in West Virginia have rejected the CROWN Act, a bill banning race-based hair discrimination.
The bill was pulled by Sen. Eric Tarr, a Republican, in late February and was sent to the Senate Finance Committee, where it stalled,
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Getty Images By Melissa Noel ·Updated March 11, 2024
Republican lawmakers in West Virginia have rejected the CROWN Act, a bill banning race-based hair discrimination.
The bill was pulled by Sen. Eric Tarr, a Republican, in late February and was sent to the Senate Finance Committee, where it stalled,
The post West Virginia Lawmakers Reject Passage Of CROWN Act, A Law That Bans Race-Based Hair Discrimination appeared first on Essence.
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By Olayemi Olurin ·Updated March 11, 2024
Thirty years ago, spearheaded by now-president and then Senator Joe Biden, Congress passed the 1994 Crime Bill—a law that would become infamous for its catastrophic role in the mass incarceration of many Black people.
Today, the law is so widely criticized amongst progressives and Black people as an obvious indicator of anti-Blackness that Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and any politician considered to have supported the
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By Olayemi Olurin ·Updated March 11, 2024
Thirty years ago, spearheaded by now-president and then Senator Joe Biden, Congress passed the 1994 Crime Bill—a law that would become infamous for its catastrophic role in the mass incarceration of many Black people.
Today, the law is so widely criticized amongst progressives and Black people as an obvious indicator of anti-Blackness that Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and any politician considered to have supported the
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WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 27: Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) listens during a news conference on border security at the U.S. Capitol Building on September 27, 2023 in Washington, DC. Senate Republicans held the news conference to speak about the southern border and the need for more money for its security to be included in upcoming government funding legislation. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated March 11, 2024
On
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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated March 11, 2024
Nine years ago, campaign finance lawyer April Reign created the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite after “the Academy awarded all 20 acting nominations to white actors for the first of two consecutive years.”
Almost a decade later, there has been some progress in this respect. According to a 2023 study released by USC Annenberg’s Inclusion Initiative, “[l]ooking at the eight years before and after #OscarsSoWhite, the USC study
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PLUME CREATIVE/GETTY IMAGES By Melissa Noel ·Updated March 8, 2024
International Women’s Day(IWD) is an annual global event to celebrate the achievements of women in social, cultural, economic, and political spheres, as well as acknowledge the need for more work to achieve gender equality.
Officially recognized by The United Nations in 1977, International Women’s Day has been observed worldwide for almost 50 years.
Before the UN observance, the day originated with revolutionary, socialist movements
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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated March 8, 2024
In the wake of the 2020 police murder of George Floyd, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs surged. Over the last year, DEI has been under attack, especially at the university level—both Texas and Florida have banned DEI offices in public higher education institutions.
One short-term effect? People “may not discuss DEI work as openly, and may instead be quieter about financial commitments to DEI