Today at Ms. | June 11, 2021
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Why Women of Color in Washington D.C. Demand Statehood [[link removed]]
BY STASHA RHODES | For the second time in history, the House of Representatives in April passed a bill to grant Washington D.C. the statehood it so rightly deserves. This is both historic and a long time coming. For generations, D.C.’s residents have fought to have their voices heard on the issues that impact their day-to-day lives. At the end of the day, D.C. statehood is a fight for representation. It’s a fight for democracy. Black women in D.C. will only have half a seat at the table until statehood is granted.
Black Feminist in Public: Revisiting Pulitzer Winner Alice Walker; In Conversation with Salamishah Tillet on ‘In Search of The Color Purple’ [[link removed]]
BY JANELL HOBSON | Through archival research and interviews, academic and activist Salamishah Tillet studies Alice Walker’s life and how themes of violence emerged in her earlier work. “It was important for me to recognize Alice’s own journey to Zora as part of my own journey to Alice. That’s one thing. The other part is that you have a generation of Black writers and scholars who self-identify as Black feminists who remember the moment or the time or the text that helped them find the language of Black feminism. This is both a recovery and an origin story.”
Weekly Pulse: Majority of U.S. Supports Roe; Biden Won’t Say ‘Abortion’; Europe Grapples With Surging COVID Cases [[link removed]]
BY KRISTEN BATSTONE | For The Weekly Pulse, we're bringing you this week’s most important news stories related to health and wellness. In this edition: A new Gallup poll suggests 58 percent of Americans are opposed to overturning Roe v. Wade ; If/When/How launches a legal fund for people seeking self-managed abortions; Biden buys 500 million Pfizer vaccine doses for global use ahead of the G-7 summit; and COVID cases surge in Europe as India’s Delta variant spreads.
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