Navigating a Public Breakup as a Prominent Black Woman
When you’re a prominent Black woman—whether you’re an entertainer, entrepreneur, athlete’s wife, influencer, executive, or public intellectual—your relationships are never just personal. They’re politicized, monetized, meme-ified, and dissected in real time. A breakup doesn’t just break your heart. It becomes a trending topic.
Gladys West Has Died: The Black Woman Whose Mathematics Made GPS Possible
Every time a driver follows turn-by-turn directions, a delivery arrives on time, or an emergency responder finds someone in need, they are relying on a system built on precision, mathematics, and quiet brilliance. Few people realize that at the foundation of modern GPS technology stands a Black woman whose work reshaped the world.
Gladys West, a pioneering mathematician whose calculations helped make the Global Positioning System possible, has passed away. Her death marks not just the loss of a scientific trailblazer, but a reminder of how often Black women’s contributions power modern life without recognition.
Black Women Lean on Each Other to Survive Career Setbacks
For many Black women, the professional world has always required resilience. But over the past year, that resilience has been tested in new and unsettling ways.