Dr. Cynthia Greenlee

Dr. Cynthia Greenlee

Senior Editor

Dr. Cynthia Greenlee was a senior editor for Rewire.News, where she edited opinion pieces and cultural commentary, and was part of the Appalachian Reporting Project staff team.

Based in Durham, North Carolina, Cynthia is a writer and historian. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina and a PhD in history from Duke University.

Black Women Had a Good Year—or Did We?

Dr. Cynthia Greenlee

We may have gained unprecedented political power, literary accolades, and foundation that truly matches our skin tones, but we are still at the bottom of too many health indicators and too many ladders to social and economic mobility to call 2017 a win.

Just Say No Thanks to #ThanksAlabama and ‘Magical Negro’ Narratives

Dr. Cynthia Greenlee

Black women are not the wet nurses for wanna-be woke whiteness. Our politics are not new, magical, or here to serve white people.

A Bad Aftertaste: David Brooks, Class, and the Politics of Food

Dr. Cynthia Greenlee, Christine Grimaldi & Tina Vasquez

While Brooks seems to think his insensitivity derives from choosing a tony sandwich joint beyond his friend’s culinary vocabulary, there’s much more insensitivity to unpack.

‘It Behooves You to Understand Why People Are Getting Sick’: A Q&A About Police Violence and Reproductive Health

Dr. Cynthia Greenlee

Police violence and interaction could be seen as particularly extreme forms of maternal stress. If one lives in a community that is frequently policed, the accumulative effects of these interactions can have health consequences more insidious than those caused by actual physical violence.

America the Ahistorical: Ben Carson and the Dangers of Willful Ignorance

Dr. Cynthia Greenlee

There’s a cautionary tale in this we should heed if we don’t want to validate revisionist history that makes slavery seem like an undesirable minimum wage job.

‘Our Battles Don’t Change Based on Who Is in Power’: A Q&A With Dr. Willie Parker on Trump’s Cabinet

Dr. Cynthia Greenlee

One Alabama doctor finds it hard to believe that the anti-choice Sessions will protect his rights as an abortion provider when the congressman becomes attorney general.

Books, Blunts, and Bullets: On Black Men Reading, Loving, and Dying

Dr. Cynthia Greenlee

I had thought that as a "good" progressive and a "woke" Black person, I could see Keith Lamont Scott's complexity without blinders and bias. But what I realize now is that state violence goes so deep, it may take my lifetime—and certainly longer than Scott's—to excavate it.

Pregnant and Punished: How Our Drug Policies Hurt Women

Farah Diaz-Tello & Dr. Cynthia Greenlee

The sad truth is that pregnant women with drug problems are overwhelmingly likely to be criminalized rather than getting the help they need.

‘I’m Not Slow’: Black Girls Tell Their Experiences of School ‘Pushout’ in New Book

Dr. Cynthia Greenlee & ‘Carmichael Show’ Tackles Plan B Myths: ‘Stop Acting Like We’re Killing a Baby’

If Dr. Monique W. Morris makes anything plain in this book, it's this: Black girls shouldn’t have to rely on their own resilience to stay in school.

‘Carmichael Show’ Tackles Plan B Myths: ‘Stop Acting Like We’re Killing a Baby’

Dr. Cynthia Greenlee & ‘Carmichael Show’ Tackles Plan B Myths: ‘Stop Acting Like We’re Killing a Baby’

It’s not the first time emergency contraception (EC) has made primetime, but NBC earns points for walking viewers through how to obtain and use EC, even if the episode conveys a mixed message about just how involved families should be in relatives' reproductive lives.

Dr. Cynthia Greenlee

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