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Black women are stepping up and taking the reins in the television industry. Legends like Yvette Lee Bowser and the late Eunetta Boone have paved the way for a new generation of storytellers to share their talents with us, and newly-minted moguls-to-be like Issa Rae and Ava DuVernary are surrounding themselves with story editors, line producers, first unit directors, and other professionals who make their visions sing.

Linda Thurston was an activist who served as the director of Amnesty International’s Program to Abolish the Death Penalty.Thurston worked toward creating a more peaceful world as she tried to bring an end to war and the death penalty as well as advocating criminal justice reform and prison abolition. She was a leader at the War Resisters League, working toward the organization’s mission to “build a movement to end war and its root causes, including racism, sexism, and all other forms of human exploitation.” Thurston was Director of the American Friends Service Committee’s National Criminal Justice Program and co-founder of the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Crossfire .  Reid's inaugural show will feature three Black women: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch. It’s not just her content that separates her from the pundits most of us grew up watching, but also the way she shows up to do her work.

For more information on The Crown Act, including which states have introduced the bill and are awaiting a vote, check out . To sign the petition to encourage lawmakers across the country to support the bill, .California has passed a new bill that proves locs, twists, and braids are just as business-appropriate as a bouncy blowout.By It’s hard to believe in 2019 a woman can lose her job over the way she wears her hair.

By and that means that Black mental health has to matter too. Nobody knows this more than Dr.

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