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BY JANELL HOBSON | Just ahead of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial, an eyewitness account of the tragedy by Tulsa resident, Mary E. Jones Parrish (1892-1972), has been reissued: The Nation Must Awake: My Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. “Yes, it is painful, but human history is ugly. … There is some level of responsibility that creative people have to be as truthful and as accurate as possible to the histories they tell,” says Parrish’s great-granddaughter, writer and editor Anneliese M. Bruner.

BY THE TEAM | Do you know the names of your local school board members? What about the folks on your city council? It’s time to dive into local leadership and why it matters. Michele Goodwin is joined by the badass women running the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors—the largest local government in the nation—making history with the first all-women board in its more than 150-year history.

BY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S MEDIA FOUNDATION | Women journalists have always been at the forefront of change—so as the U.S. faces compounding crises, it’s no surprise that women journalists are stepping up to bring truth to the public. This month we’re featuring two journalists: P. Kim Bui and Emma Carew Grovum, who just launched the “Sincerely, Leaders of Color” newsletter—described as “a column for people who want a different experience for journalists of color in their newsroom.”