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Candice Norwood
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'You should play': Black LGBTQ+ leaders applaud Dawn Staley for defending transgender athletes
Support from the South Carolina women's basketball coach is 'absolutely critical' as trans participation in sports is politically targeted, advocates say.
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With 'Cowboy Carter,' Black country music fans are front and center, at last
Beyoncé's album is the latest effort in a long fight to disrupt the erasure of history in the genre.
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Fani Willis’ office can proceed with Trump case if the special prosecutor steps aside, judge says
The Fulton County district attorney’s relationship with Nathan Wade did not disqualify her, the judge said, but gave an ‘appearance of impropriety.’
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HIV is no longer a death sentence. But states still have laws targeting people who live with it.
Over the years, critics say, these laws have become another tool to criminalize Black people, LGBTQ+ people and sex workers.
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A ‘Queen Sugar’ director reflects on how the show expanded her career from film to television
Ayoka Chenzira had already worked in film for 40 years, but a call from Ava DuVernay opened what was once a closed, heavily guarded door to new forms of storytelling.
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Brittney Griner honored by Baylor, a school that didn't always embrace her
Griner has long had a complicated relationship with her Baptist alma mater. But a new coach stepped in to ensure her jersey would be retired.
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For the first time, Black women are leading Democrats in early primary states
The women serve as the public face of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, Nevada and Michigan. Here's what they have planned for 2024.
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‘It’s crucial right now’: Two LGBTQ+ women may soon be confirmed as lifetime judges
If Judges Nicole Berner and Melissa DuBose are confirmed to the federal bench, President Joe Biden would tie a record of appointing 11 openly LGBTQ+ lifetime judges.
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Cheri Beasley on the promise, the work and the peril of campaigning as a Black woman
Beasley lost her Senate bid for an open seat in North Carolina, but her 2022 campaign holds lessons for Black women in politics ahead of 2024.
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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman Supreme Court justice, dies at 93
The Reagan appointee co-wrote a key decision reaffirming Roe v. Wade in 1992, establishing that states couldn’t impose an 'undue burden' on anyone seeking an abortion before fetal viability.