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- Kamala Harris On Forcing People To Stay Pregnant: “Women Are Dying”, Refinery29, May 12, 2022
- OP-ED: This Mother’s Day, Take A Stand Against Forced Motherhood, NEWSONE, May 8, 2022
- Roe v. Wade will impact voters at the midterms—but not how you think, New York Post, May 7, 2022
- Love Letters to Black Mamas From 5 Organizations That Care About Their Health, Word In Black, May 6, 2022
- EDITORIAL: Overturning Roe v. Wade would have dire consequences for MU students, The Maneater, May 4, 2022
- ‘I was 15 during my first abortion’ – Addressing racial disparities in abortion, ABC10 Sacramento, May 3, 2022 VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO8QVnrPuPg
- Women’s Groups, Advocates Decry Supreme Court’s Leaked Roe v. Wade Decision, The Washington Informer, May 3, 2022
- What To Know About The Leaked Supreme Court Opinion On Roe v. Wade — & How To Help, Refinery29, May 3, 2022
- Living With Dignity: Louisiana Black Women Demand Resources, Ms. Magazine, April 19, 2022
- Abortion Bans Are Targeted Attacks On The Health, Rights and Lives of Black Women And Birthing People, NEWSONE, April 16, 2022
- Americans Comment on Judge Jackson’s Historic Confirmation, The Washington Informer, April 13, 2022
- Black Maternal Health Week 2022 Kicks Off With Series Of Events Centering Health, Justice and Liberation, Newsone, April 12, 2022. Also published in Get Up! Mornings.
- More than 2.2 million people in Michigan could lose access to abortion, The American Independent, April 12, 2022
- Abortion Is A Personal Medical Decision, Texas Case Shows Harm From Criminalizing Pregnancy Outcomes, Newsone, April 11, 2022
- Senate Panel Set to Vote on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS Confirmation, The Washington Informer, April 4, 2022
- Abortion and Voting: Our Right to Choose Is Under Attack, Future of Personal Health, March 30, 2022
- A beginner’s guide to reproductive justice, The Conversationalist, March 14, 2022
- Equal Pay Day falls earlier, Black women are still fighting for equity, AFRO News, March 15, 2022
- Black Women Activists Warm Democrats After Abortion Failure: ‘Don’t Count Our Votes’, Jezebel, March 10, 2022
- Michigan coalition launches petition to add abortion rights to state constitution, Metro Times, March 8, 2022
- Black Female HBCU Students Are Fighting To End ‘Period Poverty’, BLAVITY: News, March 7, 2022
- Wide Range of Constituents Applaud President Biden’s State of the Union Address, The White House, March 3, 2022
- Russia and Inflation Take Centerstage At SOTU As President Briefly Mentions Voting Rights, The Seattle Medium, March 3, 2022. Also published in The Savannah Tribune and Insight News.
- Advocates Push for Birth Control to Be Over the Counter, Newsweek, February 25, 2022
- Free the Pill offers oral contraceptives to address barriers faced by women of color, Amsterdam News, February 24, 2021
- Stansbury Introduces Maternal Health Care Equity Bill, February 14, 2022, Los Alamos Daily Post
- HOWELL: Top Three Reasons to Invest in Reproductive Justice During Black History Month, The Washington Informer, February 1, 2022. Also published in The Afro and the Atlanta Daily World.
- Commentary: Abortion ban is an attack on the lives of Black people, Austin American-Statesman, January 24, 2022
- Black Women-Led Organizations Launch Black Reproductive Justice Agenda on 49th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, NewsOne, January 22, 2022. Also published in The Black Chronicle.
- OP-ED: Empowering Black Communities Means Ensuring We Can Make Our Own Decision with Dignity, BlackPressUSA, January 21, 2021 Also published in the Jacksonville Free Press.
- Feminist Wishes for 2022: “We Were Never Meant to Do This Work Alone,” Ms. Magazine, December 30, 2021
- What Amy Coney Barrett’s Roe v. Wade Remarks Get Wrong About Adoption, NewsWeek, December 14, 2021
- Supreme Court ruling on Texas abortion ban is a narrow victory for abortion rights, the Washington Post, December 10, 2021
- Overturning Roe Will Threaten the Lives of Those of Who Depend on Abortion Care the Most: People of Color, Ms. Magazine, December 9, 2021
- Why adoption isn’t a replacement for abortion rights, Vox, December 8, 2021
- Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Landmark Case Challenging Roe v. Wade, The Washington Informer, December 1, 2021. Also published in Black Press USA, The Cincinnati Herald, The Observer, The Washington Newsday, and CengNews.
- Roe v. Wade Being Overturned Will Harm Black Women the Most, Newsweek, November 29, 2021
- The LA Police Commission to Consider Department’s Proposed 12% Budget Increase, Los Angeles Sentinel, November 22, 2021
- Strickland Calls On HHS to Reduce Barriers to Birth Control, The Seattle Medium November 10, 2021
- Report: Black motorists often target of police-related death and aggression, Amsterdam News, November 8, 2021. Also published in The Seattle Medium and the North Dallas Gazette.
- Support the Historic Momnibus and Postpartum Medicaid Investments in the Build Back Better Act, Black Maternal Health Caucus, November 3, 2021
- Strickland, Bonamici, Speier Lead 70 Members on Letter Calling on HHS to Reduce Barriers to Birth Control, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), November 2, 2021
- Meet the Advocates Who Are Reframing the Reproductive Rights Conversation to Address the Lived Experiences of Black Women, TheBodyPro, October 26, 2021
- At Least Four Black Women and Girls Murdered Each Day in 2020: FBI, The Washington Informer, October 7, 2021. Also published in The Seattle Medium and The Louisiana Weekly
- Pressure mounts on Florida Republicans as antiabortion activists eye their next battleground state, The Washington Post, October 7, 2021
- #LetItBeKnown, BlackPressUSA, October 7, 2021
- St. Louis area march for abortion rights joins hundreds across the country, The St. Louis American, October 2, 2021
- Whitmer keeps bashing Michigan abortion law, but has little power to change it, Detroit Free Press, October 1, 2021
- Texans are leaving the state for abortions after Supreme Court ruling, Planned Parenthood clinics say, CNN, October 1, 2021
- How Black women are advancing the cause of reproductive justice, The Boston Globe, October 1, 2021
- Poor, Black, Hispanic bear brunt of Texas abortion law, Devdiscourse, September 20, 2021
- Poor, Black, Hispanic bear brunt of Texas abortion law, Thomson Reuters Foundation News, September 17, 2021
- Black Women Hail DOJ Texas Abortion Lawsuit, Demand Congress Act, Too, NewsOne, September 10, 2021. Also published in V94.9FM.
- ‘An emergency moment’: Abortion rights advocates want bigger response from Biden to Texas Law, Yahoo News, September 9, 2021. Also published in USA Today, Daily Magazine, Juice, MSN News, and the Austin American-Statesmen Online.
- Supreme Court Texas Abortion Vote Undermines Black Women’s Calls to Action, The Pink Report News, September 4, 2021
- Readout of White House Roundtable Meeting with Women’s Rights and Reproductive Health Leaders, White House, September 3, 2021
- Texas abortion law alarms reproductive justice advocates: ‘We are forcing people into generational poverty,’ September 2, 2021, ABC News
- Texas Abortion Ban Comes As Black Women Leaders Have Been Demanding Reproductive Justice, NewsOne, September 2, 2021
- It’s time to give Republicans the fight of their lives on voting rights, The Hill, August 26, 2021
- Texas can ban standard procedure used during second-trimester abortions, federal court rules, The Washington Post, August 19, 2021
- Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka, and the Justice in Prioritizing Black Women’s Mental Health, Rewire News Group, August, 2, 2021
- Poll: Women of color highly motivated to vote, Axios, July 31, 2021
- Women of color are gaining political power. Here’s what they want to do with it, The Hill, July 30, 2021
- Women of Color Engaged in Politics, New Poll Finds, The Washington Informer, July 28, 2021
- Pressley, Duckworth Introduce Bill to Support Families Experiencing Pregnancy Loss, Invest in Research, U.S. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, July 20, 2021
- Reproductive Justice, featuring Marcela Howell, Sister’s Time/WomenSpeak, WRFG 89.3 FM Atlanta, July 15, 2021
- Why We Must Set a New Agenda for Reproductive Justice in America, Blavity News, July 6, 2021
- The ‘Black RJ Policy Agenda’ Will Turn Racism Upside Down, BlackPressUSA, July 1, 2021. Also published in The Washington Informer, The Afro, California News Times, Los Angeles Sentinel, The Seattle Medium, The Chicago Crusader, and Post News Group
- Black Girl 44 announces 2021 recipients of scholarship created to reimagine, The Grio, June 25, 2021
- Sunday Civics hosts Marcela Howell and Dazon Dixon Diallo to discuss the Black Reproductive Justice Policy Agenda, June 27, 2021
- Policy Agenda addresses intersectional issues affection Black women, AFRO News, June 24, 2021
- Black Women’s Orgs: FDA Should Set Up Equity-Focused Advisory Panel, InsideHealthPolicy, June 21, 2021
- Efforts to Advance Racial Equity Baked In Throughout Biden’s Budget, The New York Times, May 30, 2021
- 4 Things to Know About Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the First Black Women to Head Medicaid, SELF, May 25, 2021
- They gave birth and love their children. And they want to remind you ‘not all pregnant people are women.’ USA Today, May 21, 2021
- In honor of Mother’s Day, lawmakers should pass the Momnibus Act, The Hill, May 9, 2021
- OPINION: Respecting The Planet Is Respecting Black Women And Communities, Blavity, April 28, 2021
- OPINION: The Atlanta spa shootings targeting Asian-Americans harms all people of color, Thomas Reuters Foundation, April 14, 2021
- Racism and Its Deadly Cousins, The Seattle Medium, March 29, 2021
- This Equal Pay Day, Black Women Leaders Warn That Without Action, the Gender Pay Gap Will Only Deepen, The Root, March 24, 2021
- Black women demand an end to NCAA sex discrimination, Atlanta Daily World, March 22, 2021
- Black women denounce violence, stand in solidarity with Asian American communities, The San Antonio Observer, March 18, 2021
- Black women denounce violence, stand in solidarity with Asian American communities, Atlanta Daily World, March 18, 2021
- Reform Redo, Evolving Elections & the Voice of Black Women, PBS North Carolina Black Issues Forum, March 12, 2021
- Senate Confirms Marcia Fudge as HUD Secretary, Black Press USA, March 11, 2021
- Senate Confirms Marcia Fudge as HUD Secretary, The Washington Informer, March 10, 2021
- Two Lincoln University Students Earn Fellowships In Advocacy And Reproductive Justice Values, Lincoln University, March 4, 2021
- Pandemic’s toll on Black women, New York Amsterdam News, March 4, 2021
- President Biden Applauded For Reopening Of Obamacare Enrollment, The Seattle Medium, February 22, 2021
- President Biden applauded for reopening of Obamacare enrollment, The Charlotte Post, February 21, 2021
- Biden Applauded for Reopening of Obamacare Enrollment, The Washington Informer, February 17, 2021
- Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act Addresses “Urgent Crisis” of Maternal Mortality, Ms. Magazine, February 10, 2021
- Rep. Underwood, Rep. Adams, and Senator Booker Introduce Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act to Address Maternal Mortality, Feminist Majority Foundation, February 10, 2021
- Black voices that make a difference: Marcela Howell, CEO of Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, WTOP-news, February 8, 2021
- Column: Why we might soon see a surge in antiabortion violence, Los Angeles Times, January 31, 2021
- Biden signs memorandum reversing Trump abortion access restrictions, WENY News, January 28, 2021
- Black Women on Roe v. Wade: ‘Now’s The Time To Ensure Equity, Not Just Access,’ Newsone, January 25, 2021
- Roe is not enough: Why Black women want an end to the Hyde Amendment, The Hill, January 22, 2021
- How Black Women Saved The Day In 2020, Blavity, January 21, 2021
- Black women applaud new White House Council for Gender Policy, Atlanta Daily World, January 19, 2021
- How Black women saved the day in 2020, LinkedIn, January 14, 2021
- What Will It Take to Get a Black Woman on the Supreme Court?, Intelligencer, December 22, 2020
- Kaylan Tanner is Leading the Fight For Women’s Rights, Seventeen, December 1, 2020
- What Biden’s Win and the Stock Market Surge Mean for Giving, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, November 11, 2020
- ‘Threat to Health Care and Civil Rights’ Judge Barrett Confirmed By GOP Senate, Los Angeles Sentinel, October 29, 2020
- Politics, ‘What’s the T?’ Podcast, October 28, 2020
- Enough Is Enough: Why Misogynoir Has No Place In Our Society And Politics, Blavity, October 28, 2020
- Black women reject Amy Coney Barrett for High Court, Atlanta Daily World, October 27, 2020
- Roe v. Wade Might Be Overturned Soon — This Is Worse Than You Think, Refinery29, October 20, 2020
- Youth Vote, WTOP-FM Radio, October 19, 2020
- How Americans Really Feel About Abortion Rights in the Year 2020, Well + Good, October 14, 2020
- #ProtectBlackWomen: Three Dillard students earn training in Reproductive Justice advocacy, Dillard University Campus News, October 6, 2020
- Black Women to Democrats: Defend Our Rights!, Ms. Magazine, September 29, 2020
- Ending the Hyde Amendment Is Essential to Achieving Justice for Black Women, The Root, September 29, 2020
- #HBCUMonth: Students Urge Their Peers to Get Involved, Vote, The AFRO, September 25, 2020
- By Mail Or In-Person, Here’s Why Black Women Are Demanding Our Full Voting Rights, September 24, 2020
- Ginsburg, a feminist icon memorialized as the Notorious RBG, Scoop USA Media, September 22, 2020
- Black Women Voters, WTOP-FM Radio, September 21, 2020
- Justice Ginsburg’s Death Could Prove Fatal to American Democracy, Texas Metro News, September 21, 2020
- Why Making Sex Work Legal Would Help in the COVID-19 Fight, Rewire.News, September 18, 2020
- National Black Women’s Reproductive Agenda Cultivates Young Leaders, NBC4, September 11, 2020
- Black women voters in Tennessee show strong support for reproductive rights, Commercial Appeal, September 1, 2020
- Choice of Kamala Harris as Dem VP Candidate Praised by Many, The Dallas Weekly, August 25, 2020
- Employees Are Calling Out Major Reproductive Rights Organizations For Racism And Hypocrisy, Buzzfeed, August 21, 2020
- Black Press Publisher and Others Cheer Choice of Kamala Harris, The Washington Informer, August 19, 2020
- In the Aftermath of Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, Let’s Consider How Our Votes Impact Our Paychecks, The Root, August 14, 2020
- Black women demand pay equity, Atlanta Daily World, August 13, 2020
- Black women are ambitious — that’s why we need more in office, The Hill, August 13, 2020
- Our Future Must Ensure Black Women Can Thrive and Build Our Families With Dignity, The Washington Informer, August 12, 2020
- At the Intersection of Climate Change and Environmental and Reproductive Justice, New Security Beat, July 29, 2020
- Kaine, Murkowski bill addresses race disparities in maternal health, Augusta Free Press, July 22, 2022
- Why Climate Change Is Also A Reproductive Justice Issue For Many Black Women, Blavity, July 15, 2020
- GOP attacks on later abortion are especially harmful to Black women, The American Independent, July 15, 2020
- Black women condemn Supreme Court birth control decision, Atlanta Daily World, July 9, 2020
- Perilous Unemployment, Wage Gaps Plague Black Women, The Washington Informer, July 8, 2020
- The Supreme Court gave abortion-rights supporters a win, but those on both sides of the debate say the battle is far from over, MarketWatch, July 6, 2020
- “Roe v. Wade isn’t safe: The Supreme Court just struck down an anti-abortion law. Here’s why access is still at risk,” VOX, June 29, 2020
- “‘Listen to Black women’: Black women’s health is intersectional justice,” PublicSource, June 19, 2020
- “The spirit of Juneteenth lives on in national uprising for black emancipation,” The Hill, June 19, 2020
- “Black Reproductive Justice Advocates Call For Defunding Police In Wake Of Violent Police Response To Protesters,” Essence, June 9, 2020
- “Josephine St. Pierre: A Suffrage Champion and Founding NAACP Member,” The Washington Informer, May 6, 2020
- “How This Fellowship Is Encouraging Black Women HBCU Students To Become The Next Generation Of Reproductive Justice Leaders,” Blavity, April 30, 2020
- “Why Elected Leaders Must Provide Special COVID-19 Provisions For Black Women, Families And Communities,” Blavity, April 23, 2020
- “Black Maternal Health Week Highlights COVID-19’s Impact on Black Pregnancy,” Supermajority News, April 14, 2020
- “Black Women Demand Action on Black Maternal Health Crisis,” Ms. Magazine, April 14, 2020
- “Wage gap compounds COVID-19 burden on Black women,” Atlanta Daily World, April 1, 2020
- “Judges Block States From Banning Abortions Amid COVID-19 Crisis,” COLORLINES, March 31, 2020
- “How The Coronavirus Is Underscoring Importance Of Full Participation In The 2020 Census,” Blavity, March 24, 2020
- “11 Pro-Choice Activists Tell Us What’s At Stake With This SCOTUS Case,” Bustle, March 11, 2020
- “Black women have always led the charge for voting rights,” The Hill, March 7, 2020
- “Louisiana’s Clinic Shutdown Law Will Hurt Black Women. We’re Fighting Back.” Rewire.News, March 5, 2020
- “Supreme Court Tackles Key Abortion Case, Decision Could Deeply Impact Marginalized Communities,” COLORLINES, March 5, 2020
- “Our Stories: Graduate School Acceptance: Zhana Bishop, C’2020,” Spellman College, February 18, 2020
- “Trump’s Medicaid Overhaul Will Hurt Black Women,” Ms. Magazine, January 31, 2020
- “Trump’s Administration is Attacking Access to Abortion Care in California,” Ms. Magazine, January 27, 2020
- “The downfall of Roe v. Wade started in 2010,” Vox, December 23, 2019
- “How Attacks on the Affordable Care Act Hurt Black Women,” Ms. Magazine, December 19, 2019
- “How Crisis Pregnancy Centers Endanger the Health and Rights of Women of Color,” Ms. Magazine, December 9, 2019
- “House Passes Voting Rights Measure to Restore Portions of Law Gutted in 2015,” Washington Informer, December 9, 2019
- “Women Take the Lead in Honoring Elijah Cummings,” The Washington Informer, October 30, 2019
- “This Legislation Could Help Immigrants Access Health Insurance,” Rewire, October 21, 2019
- “Black Women Across the Nation Honor Rep. Cummings,” Black Girl Nerds, October 17, 2019
- “Rest in Power: Fighting on for Elijah Cummings’ American Dream,” Ms. Online, October 17, 2019
- “Will SCOTUS Stand With LGBTQ Workers?” Ms. Online, October 8, 2019
- “Asian American Women Power Up in DC,” MomsRising Blog, October 7, 2019
- “It’s High Time We End Hyde If We Are Serious About Racial Justice [Op-Ed],” COLORLINES, September 30, 2019
- “Resisting Hate is an American Value,” Huffington Post, January 20, 2017
- “Abortion Rights Issue Regains Momentum,” Black Press USA, July 7, 2015
- “How Black Women are Reclaiming the Conversation About Abortion Access,” ThinkProgress, January 15, 2015
- “Doctor: Abortion Services Especially Important in the South,” Hattiesburg American, January 15, 2015
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