Therapists are less likely to perceive a black woman as sad; instead they see her as angry or anxious.

In a moment when young black voters were key to the election and the reelection of a black president, when the Department of Justice has been led these years by the first two African-American attorneys general, when many big cities boast African-American league prosecutors and police chiefs and mayors, even in this moment, why is it that it still feels to so many young people that there is more power for change on the court than in the courts?

Maybe this Democratic president[Barack Obama] did and can get comprehensive health care reform passed, but notice, Medicaid is not expanded in any of these dark red states. The Republican Party may not be able to repeal Obamacare, but it certainly, through its state legislatures and governorships, has managed to halt Obamacare`s full impact.

Popular films are so powerful and compelling that it's often easier to accept their versions of history than the much more complicated true stories.

Bill Cosby was charged with sexual assault. No matter the outcome of this case this moment is an important public acknowledgement that even though many years have passed, there`s still the responsibility to take charges of sexual assault seriously.

You are five times more likely to be killed by your abuser if your abuser can get their hands on a gun. That`s not a small problem.

Stereotypes work to help divide women from recognizing their common interests.