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
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
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
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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