Marianne Schnall “Why has there never been a woman president?” my 8-year-old daughter, Lotus, asked me in 2008 when Barack Obama became our first Black president. It was such a thought-provoking ...

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Saily Bah, a 12-year-old Black girl from Iowa, reflected on how her own experience with racism in school inspired her to ...

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