Domestic Violence Advocates Go Back to School
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.
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Young Chess Queen Makes Her Moves
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.
Out of Jail, Mothers Struggle to Reclaim Children
“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.
Africa-Inspired Rites Lead U.S. Preteens to Safety
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.
Pulitzer Winner Parks Talks about Being a First
Suzan-Lori Parks talks about being the first African-American woman playwright to win a Pulitzer Prize, and says she wishes she were the 101st.
