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• How Black women saved the day in 2020, LinkedIn, January 14, 2020
• 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