Brittney Cooper

Brittney Cooper is a professor at Rutgers University and the author of Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speak after the Democratic presidential primary debate at Drake University on January 14, 2020 in Des Moines, Iowa. Six candidates out of the field qualified for the first Democratic presidential primary debate of 2020, hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register.

It Matters That Elizabeth Warren Is a Woman. Why Do So Many on the Left Insist That It Doesn't?

The lesson the Barack Obama era should have taught us is the foundational f...

The lesson the Barack Obama era should have taught us is the foundational faultiness of specious claims to a post-racial America. For those who refused to see how entrenched racism remained even after Obama’s ascent,...

Stop Asking Whether Women 'Love Themselves Enough' to Leave Their Abusers

What Brittney Cooper learned about self-esteem from her mother's stories of...

What Brittney Cooper learned about self-esteem from her mother's stories of abuse

Reuven Bar-Yotam, Telma Hopkins, Nell Carter, Harry Basil and Brian Backer appear in Gimme A Break!, aired on May 10, 1986.

Black Women Are Not ‘Sassy’ — We’re Angry

Read an excerpt from Brittney Cooper's 'Eloquent Rage'

Beyonce and First Lady Michelle Obama pose onstage during 2015 Global Citizen Festival to end extreme poverty by 2030 in Central Park in New York City on Sept. 26, 2015.

The Power of Beyoncé and Michelle Obama's Friendship

'When Black girls win, we all win'

Brittney Cooper

It Matters That Elizabeth Warren Is a Woman. Why Do So Many on the Left Insist That It Doesn't?

Stop Asking Whether Women 'Love Themselves Enough' to Leave Their Abusers

Black Women Are Not ‘Sassy’ — We’re Angry

The Power of Beyoncé and Michelle Obama's Friendship

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