epitomized very narrow definitions of beauty—dainty and Eurocentric—that many Black women did not fit. Then along came Tina Turner. A Black woman who grew up in the South picking cotton—just ...

“I was told it was ‘black tie,’ so I wore a black tie,” Donald Glover said on the red carpet at the first-annual Global Creativity Awards last week. “I was like, ‘What else can I not do?

When you come home, there's a 14-day notice taped on the door to "pay or vacate." If you're a Black woman in the United States, your chance of being evicted is higher than any other demographic.

Black women are nearly three times more likely to die during pregnancy or delivery than any other race. Black babies are also ...

“It's so specific to Black families who aren't able to have children who look like them, who match the rest of their family. As a Black woman here ... people have a long history of mistreatment ...

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In the early hours of June 28, 1969, the New York Police Department unwittingly helped start the modern LGBTQ+ rights ...

A few Beyoncé fans have drawn attention to a moment from the opening night of the singer’s Renaissance World Tour, particularly the use of the word “swarm.” The acclaimed series focuses on ...

To fully understand maternal mortality and infant mortality crises for Black women and babies, the nation must first reckon with the dark history of how gynecology began, said Deirdre Cooper Owens ...

Celebrate Women's History Month this year by exploring pivotal points in history and learning more about women who made history and those continuing to do so. This March, we salute women who have ...

To fully understand maternal mortality and infant mortality crises for Black women and babies, the nation must first reckon with the dark history of how gynecology began, said Deirdre Cooper Owens ...

To fully understand maternal mortality and infant mortality crises for Black women and babies, the nation must first reckon with the dark history of how gynecology began, said Deirdre Cooper Owens ...