Assata Shakur: The Woman Who Chose Freedom

Celebrating Women's History Month with a badass a day.

There’s a story I keep coming back to, one that feels urgent, necessary, and alive. It’s the story of Assata Shakur—a woman who looked at a world that wanted her silent, invisible, and broken, and said, “No.”

Assata wasn’t born a revolutionary. She was born JoAnne Chesimard in 1947, in a country that didn’t value her life, her voice, or her freedom. But …