Disparity" is a term that is often stated, but rarely solved-especially for Black women. For generations, the intersection of racism and sexism has placed Black women in the crosshairs of neglect, ...
From leopard print gym leggings to sports bras, celebrities like Sienna Miller, Jenny Falconer, and Amanda Holden have put ...
Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, died at the age of 104 on Jan. 8, 2025. (Leftenant-Colon family photo ...
A video of a white man pointing a gun at a Black woman, sometimes directly at her head, started because of a dispute at a gas pump. The video shows a man near a 2015 Ram pickup with a flatbed ...
Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive ...
At the inauguration, Kamala Harris was seen wearing an all-black outfit, contrasting sharply with future Second Lady Usha Vance's bubblegum pink attire. The inaugural ceremony of the President ...
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, died Jan. 8. Here, an American flag is presented to Leftenant-Colon ...
It becomes “us versus them,” and it weakens us as a nation. Living as a Black woman who looks white has allowed me to experience white privilege firsthand. Because people assume I am white, it is ...
Decades ago, a Black woman with a seemingly perfect life, husband and children had her entire world flipped upside down by one dangerous man. It took years for her to escape his captivity.
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It still amazes me that I'm the first Black woman to sit in this chair and do budgets. I don't want to be the last. And I think about these investments in education that ensure I won't be the last.
Fuller's work sometimes functioned as protest. The 1918 lynching of Mary Turner, a Black woman from southern Georgia who was eight months pregnant at the time of her murder, spurred her to action.