Angeli R. Rasbury is an educator, artist, lawyer and writer specializing in women, girls, culture and housing for women and children in need of safe, affordable options.
A University of Colorado at Denver master's program is a measure of how domestic violence activism has matured from grassroots action to professional service.
As a black girl Darrian Robinson faces minority status on two levels in the high-cost, high-pressure world of competitive chess. But the 12-year-old from Brooklyn, N.Y., isn't focusing on any of that. She's dreaming of the day she's a grandmaster.
“Sherrybaby,” the movie showing in a limited number of U.S. theaters, dramatizes the struggles that incarcerated mothers face in reuniting with children. Programs in Indiana and Colorado show how authorities and communities can help.
Many U.S. community organizations offer girls of African descent rites-of-passage programs aimed at steering them clear of early motherhood and other risks. Also, the Kentucky Commission on Women staff has been asked to resign.
