Jimmie Briggs | Basic Books, 2005 | Book
Jimmie Briggs | The Daily Beast, 2020 | Article
The documentary On the Record, on HBO Max, details women's sexual assault allegations against rap mogul Russell Simmons. It's a wake-up call.
Jimmie Briggs | The Root, 2017 | Article
Speaking truth to power about violence and inequality within the black community as part of our larger quest for racial justice isn't vilifying black men but, rather, is creating greater space for those of us who openly declare ourselves feminists to ally with black women on the issues that specifically affect them, as well as hold our brothers accountable to one another.
Jimmie Briggs | Vanity Fair, 2020 | Article
With a new daughter entering a world defined by protests and a pandemic, a middle-aged father feels his faith in America — or, more accurately, "Great-Again America" — slipping away.
Jimmie Briggs | The Guardian, 2021 | Article
It was among the worst acts of violence in US history, and no one was held accountable — how much has changed in the last 100 years?
Jimmie Briggs | SlideShare, 2014 | Article
During the nearly six-year civil war in eastern Congo, gang rapes by soldiers were so common that doctors recorded vaginal wounds as crimes of combat.
Jimmie Briggs | VICE, 2018 | Article
There's a vast, undiagnosed epidemic of PTSD in communities of color plagued by violence, and many young men are struggling to cope on their own.
Jimmie Briggs | TEDxTraverseCity, 2016 | Watch
Failure is an opportunity that social activists and entrepreneurs cannot be afraid to embrace.
Jimmie Briggs | HuffPost, 2014 | Article
More than anyone else, though, I feel the most disgust with myself. I wish I could go, go somewhere in that tragedy-burdened West African region to do something, anything.
Linda Villarosa | New York Times, 2018 | Article
Read journalist Linda Villarosa's seminal essay to understand the shocking medical inequities women of color face in having safe childbirths in the United States.