This spring, 41 percent of Black-owned businesses in the U.S. closed their doors; "deeply, and problematically, politicized" abortion coverage in the media; a Black feminist response to state and sexual violence.

*"Today at Ms."** | **July 2, 2020*

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*Black-Owned Businesses Closing at Dramatically Higher Rates [ [link removed] ]*

BY OLIVER C. HAUG | Between February and April of this year, 41 percent of Black-owned businesses in the U.S. closed their doors-the largest group of small businesses affected.

*Abortion Media Coverage Is "Deeply, and Problematically, Politicized" Says Study [ [link removed] ]*

BY ZOE LARKIN | News coverage suggests that Americans are much more divided on the issue of reproductive rights than they really are. "Seventy-eight percent" of Americans "support abortion, "in at least some circumstances-yet only 9 percent of news articles mention this broad support.

*Sister, They Are Killing Us: A Black Feminist Response to State and Sexual Violence [ [link removed] ]*

BY JALLICIA A. JOLLY | "Black women's violation is as American as apple pie and our mourning is a cherished pastime. We cannot breathe in peace. We cannot breathe. Sister, they are killing us."

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