women of color Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/women-of-color/ A platform for change Mon, 31 Oct 2022 08:09:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The fights for the vote and bodily autonomy are connected, and so are the women who are telling us how https://flux.community/errin-haines/2022/10/the-fights-for-the-vote-and-bodily-autonomy-are-connected-and-so-are-the-women-who-are-telling-us-how/ Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:00:30 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12722 In 1961, a White doctor in Mississippi gave Fannie Lou Hamer a forced hysterectomy during a surgery to remove a uterine tumor. The procedure was so common in the state for Black women that it was known as a “Mississippi appendectomy.”  Hamer’s experience thrust her into the fight for civil rights and bodily autonomy. For […]

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]]> Women — particularly women of color — stand to benefit most from Biden’s student loan relief plan https://flux.community/nadra-nittle/2022/08/women-particularly-women-of-color-stand-to-benefit-most-from-bidens-student-loan-relief-plan/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:00:44 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12138 President Joe Biden announced a highly anticipated plan Wednesday to offer student loan relief to more than 40 million people, a move supporters hope will have life-changing ramifications for borrowers, particularly women, who hold two-thirds of student loan debt, and women of color, whose loan debt is highest. Biden is forgiving $20,000 in student debt for […]

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