No one has ever said being a black woman was easy. And Kerry Washington really illustrated that fact last week when she told us how the Clarence Thomas trial tore at her from two sides — racism and sexism. This led us to ask you, when it comes to issues of social justice or just waking up […]

O.J., R.Kelly, Clarence Thomas — three cases of prominent Black men on trial. Three cases where Black women had to ask what may be the hardest question ever. As Kerry Washington puts it, when talking about the Thomas trial, “sometimes I will feel a certain way as a woman  . . . sometimes I will […]