Women Organize to Thwart Trump’s Campaign Promises

By Cheryl Mattox Berry President-elect Donald J. Trump’s unexpected victory at the polls on Nov. 8 has galvanized women across the USA. On Friday night, about 15 women gathered at a Miami Shores, Fla., beauty salon after-hours to discuss what they can do to offset expected challenges to women’s reproductive rights and human rights; how […]

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Feminism: No Longer a Dirty Word?

By Cheryl Mattox Berry A big thank-you to President Barack Obama for his support of feminism in the August issue of Glamour magazine. In an article, the president describes himself as a feminist and defines feminism in the 21st Century as “the idea that when everybody is equal we are all more free.” Obama says he’s […]

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Girl Power Helps Obama Win

By Cheryl Mattox Berry When I was growing up, the women’s rights movement to gain equal pay, equal access and control over our bodies was called feminism. The word lost its cache over the years as women climbed the corporate ladder, and younger women decided that having it all wasn’t their No. 1 priority. Like […]

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