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Jemele Hill Builds a Podcast Network at Spotify to Elevate Black Women

The commentator gave up a dream job at ESPN to create her own media empire.

Jemele Hill

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Jemele Hill wants to talk about the power and peril of Black women.

Black women delivered the election to President-elect Joe Biden and flipped the state of Georgia blue. Black women rank among the most educated people in the country. But Black women also get paid less than their peers and suffer the highest maternal death rate.