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Meet the women blazing trails for cannabis
Cannabis consumption is for everyone but legal sales and profits from the industry have long been closed off to women and people of color. Things are finally starting to change but, of course, it's a slow burn.
Name that tune
"It’s so difficult for people to just hold Black women in esteem. Black women are on a continuous journey of trying to make it clear–I am who I am, and I said what I said"
The key to saving more Black mothers
We all need to understand how and why so many Black mothers giving birth are three times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than white women
It only took 233 years
We're still celebrating Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation. But now we have questions. What will her nomination mean for the courts? How soon will she make her mark on upcoming cases?