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New mom Jennifer Obasohan breastfeeds her 5-month-old son Nasir as her daughter Na'Dirah, 2, looks on. She benefitted from the efforts of the nurse-midwives at Boston Medical Center's Breastfeeding Equity Center.

Paying attention: Boston hospital helps breastfeeding Black moms, babies thrive

by Katherine Standish, Afi Semenya and The Emancipator September 12, 2022December 20, 2024

Marchers in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Aug. 28 1963.

We asked three experts about the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

by Alex LaSalvia August 28, 2022March 31, 2025

Volunteer Kara Hammond decorates the vehicle she used to deliver voters to a polling place on October 31, 2020 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Checked and balanced: North Carolina Supreme Court clinches a win for democracy

by Brandon Hasbrouck and The Emancipator August 23, 2022December 20, 2024

FOR METRO. Milford, MA 8/6/2012 A candle light vigil with chants followed prayer outside of the New England Gurdwara Sahib. New England Gurdwara Sahib holds a prayer and vigil for the victims of the shooting at the Sikh Temple in Wisconsin in Milford, MA on Monday, August 6, 2012. (Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff) Section: METRO Slug: 07community Reporter: n/a LOID: 5.0.2221203168

Protect or neglect: America missed the chance to act on White supremacist violence during attack on Sikh worshippers 10 years ago

by Anisha Singh and The Emancipator August 5, 2022December 20, 2024

From a whisper to a roar

by Jaclyn Friedman and The Emancipator July 21, 2022December 20, 2024

Pro-abortion rights activists demonstrate near an anti-abortion rights group outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on June 21, 2022 in Washington, DC.

Religious freedom, but not for all

by Kimberly Atkins Stohr and The Emancipator July 7, 2022December 20, 2024

People protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, June 30, 2022. On Thursday, the court limited the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate carbon emissions from power plants, dealing a blow to the Biden administration’s efforts to address climate change.

The case for overhauling the Constitution

by Brandon Hasbrouck and The Emancipator July 5, 2022December 20, 2024

A sign is displayed on the steps of the New York County Supreme Court after protesters called on the Archdiocese of New York, Diocese of Brooklyn and Diocese of Rockville Centre to help survivors of clergy sexual abuse in New York, during a news conference August 14, 2019 in New York.

Who’s grooming who?

by Jaclyn Friedman and The Emancipator June 30, 2022December 20, 2024

Abortion rights activists yell during a protest in the wake of the decision overturning Roe v. Wade outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 25, 2022 in Washington, D.C. The court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health overturned the landmark 50-year-old Roe v. Wade case and erased a federal right to an abortion.

Law professor: ‘There’s not one law that you can think of that controls a man’s body’

by The Emancipator June 25, 2022December 20, 2024

Quiz: What’s your resistance style?

by Mia Henry and The Emancipator June 14, 2022December 20, 2024