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Keke Palmer Scores Big For Black Women And Liberation In "Alice" Now Streaming On Deman
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(Movies)
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... who, for generations, remained captive long after the Emancipation Proclamation was decreed. Many of the families were passed from white family to white family, laboring under a peonage system, hoping ...
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Created on 08 April 2022
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Groundbreaking Robotic Art Pioneer Adrianne Wortzel Reveals The Secrets Behind Her Most Magical Creations On BUST’s “Poptarts” Podcast!
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(Poptarts)
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... drawings, texts, robotic and telerobotic performance productions, artist’s books, photography, and online pieces. Her writing includes articles, fiction, and scripts. And her international collaborations ...
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Created on 10 June 2021
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True Crime Tuesday: The Cold Case That TikTok Helped Solve
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(Feminism)
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... Department declared that foul play was a factor in Alissa’s disappearance. The department didn’t elaborate on how this determination had been made. Sergeant Maggie Cox of the Missing Person Unit told Dateline ...
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Created on 27 April 2021
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Meet the Next Generation of Superstar Activists: Exclusive BUST Interviews
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(Feminism)
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... and podcaster, Selena the Stripper is based in L.A. and sits on the board of Soldiers of Pole (soldiersofpole.com), an organization working for labor rights and unionization for strippers across the United ...
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Created on 15 February 2021
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Five Women Who Shaped Motown Soul: Not Just Pretty Faces, but the Heart of Hitsville U.S.A.
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(Music)
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... experimented with a more socially conscious flavor than Wonder’s prior albums. The pair divorced in 1972, but remained close friends and creative collaborators for the following decades. On the heels of ...
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Created on 10 February 2021
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For Vegans, The Birth Control Pill Can Be Hard To Swallow
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(Sex)
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Some say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, but the use of milk sugar (lactose) and other animal products in birth control pills may be hard for animal lovers to swallow. While eliminating ...
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Created on 08 February 2021
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Meet Some Of TIME100's Most Influential Women of 202
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(Feminism)
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TIME magazine released their annual list of 100 most influential people last night during a live televised event in collaboration with ABC. Of the 100 listed, 54 are women and seven of them grace TIME’s ...
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Created on 23 September 2020
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Why We Need Black Women's Breastfeeding Wee
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(Feminism)
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... women.
And then, there’s work. Black women’s participation in the labor force is 60.2 percent higher than all other women, and are most likely to be the primary economic support for their families, ...
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Created on 27 August 2020
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No, AOC’s Sanders Nomination Was Not A Jab At Biden, That’s Literally How National Conventions Work
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(General)
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... economic, and human rights – including guaranteed health care, higher education, living wages, and labor rights for all people in the United States." – @AOC#DemConvention pic.twitter.com/KbFL5xl0Uw
— ...
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Created on 19 August 2020
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Child Care Providers in California Vote to Form Union
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(Feminism)
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... election victory in recent years. It seems to be the largest unionization election since 2011.
The union, Child Care Providers United, was a joint effort between labor groups the Service Employees International ...
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Created on 28 July 2020
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8 Incredible People to Replace Racist Statues With
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(Living)
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... Confederate soldiers was removed from Hemming Park in Jacksonville, Florida. The statue had been at the park since 1898. We think a statue of A. Phillip Randolph should be put there instead. He was labor ...
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Created on 24 June 2020
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How Fashion Nova and Other Fast Fashion Companies Are Profiting Off Of The Pandemic
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(Style)
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... for hopping on trends in record time, but they’re notorious for horrendously underpaying their factory workers. An exposé came out in The Cut this past December citing a Department of Labor investigation ...
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Created on 22 April 2020
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9 Celebrities Bringing Story Time Back In The Wake Of COVID-19
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(Books)
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... such as @savewithstories and @voiceactorsread, which feature the vocal talents behind some beloved animated characters, have collaborated with celebs like Jennifer Garner and Lin-Manuel Miranda to provide ...
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Created on 10 April 2020
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It's Communism, Bitch: Britney Spears Calls for Wealth Redistribution & Strik
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(Entertainment)
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... Call your loved ones, write virtual letters. Technologies like virtual communication, streaming and broadcasting are part of our community collaboration. We will learn to kiss and hold each other through ...
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Created on 25 March 2020
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Welcome to Pulga: How One Woman Bought A Ghost Town And Turned It Into A Feminist Haven
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(Living)
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... of friends, labored to restore the town while creating a space for arts, craftsmanship, and meditating in nature. So far, that’s meant everything from throwing large family-style dinners for her friends ...
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Created on 19 February 2020
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NYC Coalition to Impeach and Remove Trump March Tonight!
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(Feminism)
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... determine our exact route, but our final destination is Union Square- a historically important destination with a long history of political protest, labor union rallies and perhaps most notably for the ...
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Created on 17 December 2019
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How New Orleans' "Baby Dolls" Created A Feminist Legac
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(Feminism)
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... And while they worked in both neighborhoods, dark-skinned Black women labored in poorer conditions and earned less than light-skinned Black women, who more often worked in “high-class” bordellos.
The ...
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Created on 30 May 2019
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Disney Heiress Criticizes CEO's Bonuses While Thousands of Park Workers Remain Underpai
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(Entertainment)
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... pro-labor Newsies). Over the past decade, wages have not risen with current inflation trends. Many park workers face homelessness in addition.
As of 2018, the company has a net worth of $98 billion. ...
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Created on 30 April 2019
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How Millicent Fawcett Fought For Women's Rights To Vot
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(Feminism)
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Think votes for women and you think Pankhurst’s, you might think fearless suffragettes risking everything, committing violent acts to win the day.
And you would be wrong.
Well, this is awkward... ...
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Created on 26 April 2019
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“Into My Life” Filmmakers Showcase A Mother And Daughter’s Memories Living In Brooklyn’s Largest Affordable Housing Co-Op
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(Arts)
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... us a bit about yourself, how the three of you met, and what inspired you all to make this film.
We met as participants in a collaborative filmmaking residency program run by UnionDocs in Williamsburg ...
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Created on 21 March 2019