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Raising a Single Mom

by Tiara Faith McCray
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About eight months after my son was born and prior to entering law practice full time, I went back to work temporarily in a trial court.  As a part of an attempt to conquer the court’s enormous backlog, I set up shop along with three other women attorneys in a

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Embracing the “Why’s”

by Jeanine DeHoney
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There I was arguing with my eleven year old grandson about what shirt he was going to wear that day. The shirt he’d chosen had a spot on it that not even a spray of Shout  could get out. The shirt I wanted him to wear was spotless, not even

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The African-American Beauty Conundrum

by Adiaha Ruane
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Of late I have been really worried about raising two beautiful girls who are on the opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of African-American beauty. I worry that my oldest lighter skinned daughter will naturally be accepted as more beautiful than her darker younger sister. It sounds so silly

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New Column: Sweet Tea Tuesdays

by T. Allen-Mercado
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Iced or hot, honey or sugar when Southern women commune there’s gon’ be some sweet tea! Welcome to Sweet Tea Tuesdays, my NEW! weekly column.

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Are you using the right social networks?

by Stephanie Elie
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A look at the top 15 Social Media Resources ranked by Website Magazine.
With so many social networks popping up, how do you know which one is the best for you, your brand or your business? I remember when I first got my feet wet into social networking, I signed up

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Finding the Divine-Lunging from a Lamp Post

by Catherine Anderson
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My son’s birth mother described herself as a “God fearing” woman on her adoption plan paperwork. Of all the ways in which I was a lot like her (her words), this was definitely one way I was not. I was honest about my lack of religious affiliation and practice on

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Who’s In Your Tent?

by T. Allen-Mercado
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Off the top of your head, or perhaps your ear is still warm from your last phone call, who has been an integral part of your life, who knows your story better than you, who’s in your tent?

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What will come of us?

by Barbara Henry
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Its not always easy to put into words the experience of growing up in a rough neighborhood, one where drugs and crime have the upper hand. I remember being almost immune to the sound of gunshots because they were so common. I also remember, one morning on my way to

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Who I am is not what I am

by Michele Dortch
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While in college, I worked as a teller. I remember a regular customer who came in every week to deposit his paycheck. As I completed his transaction, we’d engage in friendly small talk. But he always stared – examining my demeanor, my speech, my hair, my skin. I could see

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Enlightenment to Endarkenment: Grab the Mic

by Catherine Anderson
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I am always on the verge of choosing which kind of person to be. I blink, and I choose again. I choose several times a day, every day. I wake up and I have to start choosing all over again.  I am talking about how I engage with understanding race.

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One Choice, One Word

by T. Allen-Mercado
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As girls, women, and especially women of color, we live in a society which dictates we learn to fight: fight for equality, fight for recognition, fight for respect. All of this fighting, yet no one teaches us how to win…

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Enough is Enough

by T. Allen-Mercado
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Can we find it in ourselves to accept ourselves and others on their terms without the need to qualify based on old fears and/or the current criteria for Blackness?

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