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Issa Rae attends the World Premiere of Barbie at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on July 9, 2023, in Los Angeles. (Rodin Eckenroth / WireImage)

BY FAITH CRITTENDEN | What does Barbie mean to a Black woman who was once “the Black girl”?

She reminds me that representation does not always come in the form of a person; sometimes, it’s a doll that allows you to embrace your creativity, dreams and imagination far beyond what society believes you are capable of … all in pink stiletto heels.

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The NAACP leads student debt relief activists in a chant in front of the White House after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s student debt relief program on June 30, 2023. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

BY SINYETTA HILL and MYKEISHA WELLS | We have goals and dreams. But while we’re drowning under mountains of student loan debt, our pursuits seem impossible.

As first-generation college students, our families made sacrifices so we could pursue our dreams. we should be in a position to pay it all back to them, and then some. We will organize our way towards true progress because we simply do not have a choice. Many movements for making meaningful change started with young people just like us. And we won’t stop now. We know firsthand that our futures are better off debt-free. 

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BY CYNTHIA RICHIE TERRELL | Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

This week: This week marks the 175th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention, when suffragists and abolitionists convened to ignite the movement for women’s political and social equality; House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi wrote of equality’s slow progress; The Campaign School at Yale, led by Patricia Russo, welcomed 76 students from across the U.S. and worldwide to Yale Law School; How Gretchen Whitmer made Michigan a Democratic stronghold; the impact of having women make up the majority of New York City’s council; and more.

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