Visiting A Tale of Two Collections
Langston Hughes once said, “But this is the mountain standing in the way of any true Negro art in America–this urge within the race...
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Perdita Patrice
- Jul 23, 2019
Men Benefit From Abortions, Despite Authoring Most Anti-Abortion Legislation
While white, male legislators across the U.S. are doing everything they can to reduce young rape victims to chattel by restricting...
Perdita Patrice
- Jul 8, 2019
Mississippi Deputy Ducks Conviction for Murder and Evidence Tampering
Here’s an update you probably didn’t want to hear: A Mississippi cop who apparently planted evidence at the scene of a teen shooting six...
Perdita Patrice
- Jul 3, 2019
On Resistance and Struggle: Women in the Cuban Hip-Hop Scene
1990s hip-hop greats Salt-N-Pepa, TLC and Missy Elliot traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to Cuba not by airplane or boat but through...
Perdita Patrice
- Jun 27, 2019
Latest Cuba Travel Restrictions and Their Effects on the Afro-Cuban Community
Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced new travel restrictions banning passenger and recreational vehicles, including...
Perdita Patrice
- Jun 26, 2019
Lawyer’s Committee to Georgia County: Stop Purging Black Voters
The Laurens County Board of Registrars and the Laurens County Board of Commissioners, in Georgia, is in the hot seat for illegally...
Adam Lynch
- Jun 11, 2019
Gerrymandering in Mississippi is Hurting Women: Know the Players
Republicans in the state of Mississippi have the kind of power they don’t get in many other states. The GOP here has a supermajority in...
Perdita Patrice
- May 30, 2019
Getting My Snap Back
Last fall, I took myself on a date. It was around midterms, and my microbiology class had taken almost all of the joy from my life, so I...
Perdita Patrice
- May 29, 2019
Kaylee’s Summer Reading List
Summer is my favorite time of year. My favorite things to do during summer break are swimming, making slime (which my mom does not enjoy)...
Perdita Patrice
- May 22, 2019
A Q&A With Georgia Representative Renitta Shannon
Georgia Rep. Renitta Shannon is an outspoken member of organizations like 9 to 5 Working Women and the Fight for $15 campaign. She is...
Perdita Patrice
- May 16, 2019
The War on Women
Oh, boy. White men have really stepped in it now. If you’ve been out from under a rock these past few weeks you’ve probably heard about...
Perdita Patrice
- May 16, 2019
The Electability of Women is a Stupid Question, so Stop Asking It
The 2020 election for a new president is thoroughly underway, and this nation of ours has probably never had this varied a spectrum of...
Perdita Patrice
- Apr 29, 2019
The Impact of Dying
I have never been impacted by the death of a celebrity. Not Big. Not Bankroll Fresh. Not even Peanut the Don. It didn’t move me. Not...
Perdita Patrice
- Apr 29, 2019
Homeownership at the Intersection of Black and Millennial
The Dream A goal I’d dreamt about for years was accomplished last year when I purchased my first home. Home ownership for me wasn’t so...
Perdita Patrice
- Apr 24, 2019
Tennessee Tries to Kill Vote Canvassing
In 2013, the conservative Supreme Court hamstrung the Voting Rights Act by destroying preclearance and removing authoritarian Southern...
Perdita Patrice
- Apr 24, 2019
‘Blue Lives Matter’ Creeping Though Alabama Legislature
Legislators in Alabama are trying to pass a “blue lives matter” bill that laughably ties gun-wielding cops to groups of...
Perdita Patrice
- Mar 28, 2019
Restrictive Abortion Bill Soon to Become Law
Governor Phil Bryant signed SB 2116 last Thursday at the Mississippi State Capitol. In an obvious effort to over-police women’s bodies,...
Perdita Patrice
- Mar 28, 2019
What is Senate Concurrent Resolution 596 and Why Should You Care?
ALEC, an out-of-state, non-voting organization, writes many of the bills we see turn into law. Here’s an example. Yes, you should...
Perdita Patrice
- Mar 22, 2019
House Bill 991
Anybody who has ever seen a picture of Mississippi Rep. Jeff Smith, R-Columbus, will immediately know his face. His peculiar facial hair...
Perdita Patrice
- Mar 20, 2019
Aunt Becky Goes to Jail
Aunt Becky (Lori Loughlin) from “Full House” done got indicted and turned herself in, y’all. If you’ve been keeping up with the news...
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