In an Election Day conversation, Serene Khader reflects on how women were mobilized by attacks on their bodily autonomy, and what post-election organizing can look like.
Kamala Harris may win the presidency, but the mediaโs portrayal of her wonโt challenge the expectations of those who see Black women as their mammies.
Despite muted microphones during the first debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, each candidate's face spoke volumes.
It's hypocritical for each party to claim to speak on behalf of the forgotten and marginalized while mockingly calling the other side โweird.โ Itโs also deeply regressive.
In the months prior to Vice President Kamala Harrisโ nomination to the Democratic presidential ticket, I felt a lingering fear in my body about what it would mean for Black
In times of trouble, cowards choose the easiest path. It is only the courageousโand almost always those who are most marginalizedโwho dare to say and do the hard, but right, thing.
I managed to rebuild my sense of self and safety starting the day I ran away from my fatherโonly to then watch โhimโ win the White House in the guise of Donald Trump.
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