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"Bitch Is The New Black": Author Of Upcoming Book On The Struggles Of Young Black Women (VIDEO)

Posted 12.10.2009 | Books

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Helena Andrews, author of the upcoming book "Bitch Is the New Black", was profiled today in The Washington Post, which reports that the film rights fo...

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What Ails Black Women, Part 3: Discrimination And Repercussions

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Black Women, Marriage, Michelle Obama, Single Mothers, Unemployment, Relationships, Activism, Incarceration, Dating, Racism, Race, Inequality, Happiness, Living News
Philip N. Cohen

Racial inequality is both individual and collective. The crushing levels of incarceration and police repression that Black men endure take a toll on Black communities and families as well.

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What Ails Black Women, Part 2: Health and Life

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Black Women, Women, Michelle Obama, Smoking, Washington DC, Obesity, African Americans, Infant Mortality, Inequality, Breast Cancer, Health, Living News
Philip N. Cohen

Even controlling for income, education, obesity, smoking, and some diseases, Black infant mortality is significantly higher. This presumably indicates worse healthcare.

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What Ails Black Women, Part 1: Work and Wages

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Black Women, Michelle Obama, Unemployment, Economy, Wages, Employment, Discrimination, Race, Recession, Living News
Philip N. Cohen

For the first time in a long time, White women are more likely to have jobs than Black women. Why are Black women falling further behind?

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It's Not OK: A Black Girl 101

Angela Tucker | Posted 10.20.2009 | Comedy

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Angela Tucker

It's not OK to confuse me with another black girl. It's not OK even if the girl bears a passing resemblance to me. I don't care if you feel bad. You should feel bad.

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Comical View: Fat Is the New Black!

Erica Watson | Posted 10.06.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Regina Benjamin, Black Women, Political Comedy, Politics, Comedy and Satire, Plus Size, Political Humor, Satire, President Obama, Dr. Regina Benjamin, Surgeon General, Fat, Size-Acceptance, Bbw, Comedy News
Erica Watson

I chose comedy because everyone knows that sassy, fat black women are funny. Being the butt of the joke is what we do best, right?

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Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

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Lauri Lyons

When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

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My Super Great Greek Boyfriend

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Interracial Dating, Black Women, College, African American Women, Dating, Greeks, Interracial Marriage, Graduate School, Love, New York City, Single Women, Love Lives, New York News
Chelsea-Lyn Rudder

In my personal fairytale I have always imagined a black prince charming at the end of the aisle, and that has influenced my choices in terms of dating.

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Black Women Find Love, Too

Beth Perry | Posted 09.25.2009 | Media

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Beth Perry

Black love is alive and well in my day-to-day life, though I realize that the macro picture isn't as pretty.

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Black Women and the AIDS Crisis

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

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Martha St Jean

According to Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS at the CDC, one in 30 black women will be diagnosed with HIV at some point in her lifetime. That is unacceptable.

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Black. Female. Accomplished. No Longer Attacked.

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

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Sophia A. Nelson

In the last two and a half months, Mrs. Obama has had the unique opportunity to single-handedly correct and contradict a litany of tired stereotypes about black women.

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When a Serial Killer Targets Poor Black Women

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Black Women, Grim Sleeper, Los Angeles, Fbi, Poverty, Police, Cnn, Serial Killings, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The long running Grim Sleeper killing saga underscores the great threat of murder and criminal violence to many black women.

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What Went Wrong With Feminists?

Pius Kamau | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Black Women, Women, Women's Rights, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, Arab Women, Women's Health, Now, Politics News
Pius Kamau

As armies of men all across this world aim their guns and sharp knives, having declared war on girls and women, the Western feminist movement seems to slip deeper into a strange torpor.

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Black Women Appear To Be Getting Smaller: ABC News

ABC News | Lauren Cox | Posted 01.30.2009 | Living

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An economist in Germany has noticed a curious trend among Americans: For the past 50 years, black women have been shrinking with each new generation. ...

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This Era of Black Women and HIV/AIDS

Irene Monroe | Posted 01.02.2009 | Living

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Irene Monroe

Seventeen percent of the U.S. teen population is African American. In 2004, 70 percent of all teens testing HIV-positive were black.

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Black Women Say Yay or Nay On Hillary

Melissa Ulto | Posted 04.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Black Women, Raqiyah Mays, Senator Hillary Clinton, Black Vote, African-American Women, Rosa Clemente, Sen Clinton, Race, Hillary Clinton, Gender, Urbnewstv, Home News
Melissa Ulto

Seven out of ten black women members of Congress have endorsed Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama. UrbnewsTV asks an activist and a hip-hop dj to weigh in.

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