How Black Women Championed Demands for Reparations

By Ana Lucia Araujo, History News Network The American media has paid increasing attention to the legacies of slavery. The new National Museum of African American History and Culture features a huge exhibition on the history of slavery. Many US...

‘Be Not Conformed’ and the Physical Health of the Black Church

By Shawn McClendon As the son of a pastor, it was one of the most frequent prayer requests — if not the most frequent — that I recall hearing as I grew up: the prayer request for healing. The healing prayer requests, while varied, often centered around issues related...

Do TSA Body Scanners Discriminate Against Black Women?

Wanzer travels frequently for work. And almost every time she steps out of an airport body scanner, security screeners pull her aside and run their fingers through her hair. It’s called a hair pat-down. “It happens with my natural Afro, when I have braids or...