Media
Atima Omara brings her experiences as a campaign operative, union organizer, non-profit executive, Democratic Party leader, and advocate to writing and speaking on the intersection of race and gender with politics, policy, and popular culture.
Atima has traveled across the US and to Canada to speak on Democratic politics, the Millennial vote, Black civic engagement and women’s rights. Atima has also appeared a number of times as a political commentator on MSNBC, CNN, Fox News Channel (FNC) and Fox Business (FBN) PBS’ To The Contrary, CSPAN, Sky News & BBC, NPR, & Sirius XM
Below are some recent sample media clips. You can check out more media clips here.
MSNBC Live: Covid Relief Bill & 2021 CPAC and GOP Future
MSNBC Politics Nation: Capitol Insurrection & Biden’s Agenda for Black America
MSNBC Live: 2020 SC Primary & Super Tuesday
MSNBC Live: 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary
MSNBC Live: WHCD 2018 Fallout
MSNBC Live: Trump, Race, and His Comments on Africa
CNN: At This Hour, Thanksgiving Day, 2017
Fox News: Trump, Dossier, Russia Investigation 11/17/2017
Articles Authored
FEMINISM (Reproductive Health Care & Justice)
- Abortion Access Is An Economic Justice Issue, And Democrats Should Remember That, Rewire, April 2017
- As Hyde Amendment Turns 40, Poll Show Support For Its Repeal, American Prospect, September 2016
- SCOTUS Abortion Ruling Benefits Women of Color, Low Income Women, American Prospect, June 2016
- Punishing Women for Abortion, American Prospect, June 2016
- On the Anniversary of Roe v Wade: A Right Under Threat, American Prospect, January 2016
- The High Cost of Reproductive Coercion, American Prospect, November 2015
- The Pope's Blind Spot: When Income Inequality & Abortion Intersect, American Prospect, September 2015
- Actually, Reproductive Health Care About the Economy, Talking Points Memo, November 3, 2014
- Black Women Need To Be Heard on Health Issues, Women's Enews September 6, 2012
- Dear Women of Means, Support Abortion Funds Today, Women's Enews, May 13, 2013
- Ann Romney: Contraception IS About the Economy, Women's Enews, Oct 2, 2012
- Thin Veil of Morality & Freedom Obstructing Women's Health, RH Reality Check, August 16, 2012
- 40 years after Roe: NARAL Redefines the Future, Fem2pt0 Blog, March 2, 2013
- Roe at 40: Reproductive Justice for Black Women, Ms. Magazine's Blog February 22, 2013
FEMINISM (General)
- Mandela: President of the African Diaspora,Fem2pt0 Blog, December 11, 2013
- What Feminist Can Learn from the Ani Di Franco Righteous Retreat Disaster, Fem2pt0 Blog January 8, 2014
- On the 50th Anniversary: The Irrelevancy & Relevancy of the Feminine Mystique, Femp2pt0 Blog, March 14, 2013
- Solidarity for Women of Color in the Public Eye, Fem2pt0 Blog, September 27, 2013
POLITICS (Women's Political Leadership)
- Excited by the Idea of Oprah As President? The Real Opportunity Is Supporting Black Women in the 2018 Elections, The Lily, January 2018
- It Will Take More Women Candidates And Activists To Win This Battle Of The Sexes, Role Reboot, October 2017
- Change the Players, Change The Game: Encourage Younger Women To Run For Office, The Shriver Report, March 25, 2014
- Women Must “Lean In” To Political Leadership, Fem2pt0 Blog, May 13, 2013
- Lasting Legacy of Hillary Clinton, Fem 2pt0 Blog, February 8, 2013
- The Activist Who Never Thought She’d Be President, Fem2pt0 Blog, October 15, 2013
POLITICS (General)
- The time for token acts of solidarity is over The Lily, June 2020
- Charlottesville Made Me: And Reminds Me of Why Every Young Adult Should Step Into Politics, Mic, August 2017
- Triple Consciousness: To be Black and an Immigrant in America, Salon, September 2017
- Confederate Statues: Fruit From The Poisonous Vine, HuffPost August 2017
- Republicans Keep Trying To Shut Women Down, HuffPost, June 2017
- Election 2014: Now Is The Time, Ebony Magazine's Blog, Oct 31, 2014
- Immigration Reform Now, Huffington Post November 25, 2014
- Still Not Getting It: GOP’s Latest Ad for Young Women Voters, Huffington Post, Oct 2, 2014
- Let Them Not Have Died In Vain, Huffington Post August 22, 2014
- How Congress is Screwing Up the Economic Future of Young People, Huffington Post, January 6, 2014
- Invisible Immigrant, Huffington Post, June 11, 2013
- Sloppy Mental Health Talk Will Intensify Stigma, Women's Enews, February 18, 2013
- Mental Disability Discussion Provides Opportunity for Real Change, Fem2pt0 blog, January 18, 2013
FILM
- I'll Miss TV's Annalise Keating and the Complexity of Black Women. Ms. Magazine, May 2020
- Notes from The 2013 Telluride Film Festival: Reviews of 'Invisible Woman' & 'Gravity', Bitch Flicks Blog, November 13, 2013
- Notes from the 2013 Telluride Film Festival: A New Look At American Slavery in '12 Years A Slave', Bitch Flicks Blog, November 8, 2013
- Notes from the 2013 Telluride Film Festival: Reviews of the 'The Past' & 'Ida', Bitch Flicks Blog, October 9, 2013
- Not Another Teenaged Drama: A Review of 'Palo Alto', Bitch Flicks Blog, October 2, 2013
- Foreign Film Week: 'War Witch': Finally A Movie About Africa Without The Cute White Movie Star, Bitch Flicks Blog, March 19, 2013
- Mammy, Sapphire, or Jezebel Olivia Pope is Not: A Review of Scandal, Bitch Flicks Blog, February 25, 2013
- 2013 Oscar Week: More Royal Than Affair, Bitch Flicks Blog, February 20, 2013