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Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis - The crisis of maternal death and near-death also persists for black women across class lines. One more instance were #BlackWealth doesn't equal safety. buff.ly/2HuxDFm

How to Make White People Uncomfortable - well this list certainly makes it clear why our inbox is often a wash in white tears. buff.ly/2v8syjC

Beyonce Follows Coachella Triumph by Announcing $100,000 in Scholarships for Historically Black Colleges and Universities #BlackWealth #Beychella buff.ly/2JPahLB

African Americans in the same neighborhoods decimated by subprime lending are now being targeted with new predatory loan offerings, a lawsuit argues. #BlackWealth buff.ly/2v2upGz

Tracy K. Smith, America’s Poet Laureate, Is a Woman With a Mission Can bringing poems to the masses be an antidote to our toxic civic culture? buff.ly/2HyBAJq

The Whitewashing of Black American Icons: Who Is Writing Our History? “What Frances Gage did to Sojourner Truth’s speech — and later, her image — was so much more deliberately sinister.” buff.ly/2JLj8ha

In Los Angeles County, black babies are more than three times more likely than white babies to die in the first year of life. LA County launches new plan to give black babies a better chance at life #blackmamasmatter #BMHW18 buff.ly/2vbo37Z

This state just banned shackling pregnant inmates — but it's only the first step toward protecting incarcerated women facebook.com/SafetyPinBox/p…

Safety Pin Box Co-Founder Leslie Mac lays out why moving from Education to ACTION is so important. You can purchase the #AmIASafePlace task right now: safetypinbox.com/surplus-spb-ta… facebook.com/SafetyPinBox/p…

Where Today’s Black Church Leaders Stand on Activism buff.ly/2EgwG0d

Black Parkland Students Want Peers To 'Share The Mic' '“It hurts, because they went all the way to Chicago to hear these voices when we’re right here,” one student said.' As we say consistently - being an ally isn't about buzzwords or talking about... buff.ly/2JspNg7

How Natural Birth Became Inaccessible to the Poor #HealthcareIsARaceIssue buff.ly/2JwmqFc

How Three Black Women Use Food as Tools for Resistance buff.ly/2IXTtBK

Black dreams and storytelling have long been a part of the push towards Black liberation "Against all odds, Black dreams continue to thrive and evolve under systemic racism—especially through the stories we tell." - Jamila Mitchell buff.ly/2GBryWp

What We Mean When We Call White People 'Colonizers' - Damon Young chronicles the infuriating tale of a simple art billboard taken down by complaints from gentrifiers. buff.ly/2GAM1L3

How to Think about "Implicit Bias" Amidst a controversy, it’s important to remember that implicit bias is real—and it matters buff.ly/2GtI6my

Meet the women fighting to ensure people of color have a stake in the legal marijuana industry #BlackWealth buff.ly/2GzLzRt

26 Women of Color Diversifying Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, Media, and Beyond buff.ly/2IuZkgK

What the Media Gets Wrong About Trans Murders "Simply put, the public only cares about trans deaths, especially those of Black women and femmes who are the most frequent victims of these crimes, when they can be turned into spectacles — when the... buff.ly/2pUDOeH