By Kiesha Bowles

My name is Kiesha Bowles. I’m a wife, a mother, a writer, and a creator. I’d also like to call myself an activist although more often than not I feel like my voice isn’t heard.

by Anna Gibson

In a recent spat of jackassery, rapper Nipsey Hussle took to Twitter to affirm his views on black women by responding to the following tweet from another user: “BLACC [sic] FEMALES ARE A DISGRACE TO BLACK CULTURE.” After Black Twitter dragged him by his snapback all over the Internet, he attempted to backpedal, saying, “Shout out to all my Queens out there though.”

In mid-July, A Black woman in America lost her life under suspicious circumstances whilst in police custody. Her name is Sandra Bland. We know this thanks to the power that social media wields in its capacity to bring to light issues that would otherwise go unnoticed, particularly with regard to issues that affect Black people.

by Stephanie Renee Payne


"When you know your name, you should hang on to it, for unless it is noted down and remembered, it will die when you do." ―Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

A dynamic black woman that I have loved and admired since I was a child surprised me when she said, with a bit of disgust, "Black women are at the bottom. We're even beneath black men, and you know that's low."

by Piper Anderson


I’m sitting in the back of a police car on my way to Brooklyn Central Booking after spending a night in the 77th precinct in Crown Heights. Cop sitting on the front passenger side, barely turns to me as he sweetly chides, “You know what your problem is, Piper? You think too much.”

by Elizabeth Cohen for CNN

It can be exhausting nursing a child through a nasty bout with the flu, so imagine how 22-year-old Fatu Kekula felt nursing her entire family through Ebola.