Why are some Black women still so uncomfortable with the label feminist?
Dear Black girls everywhere in the world: Natural hair is beautiful and you are perfect the way you are.
What is it to be Black and a woman in this country that values neither?
Dorothy Gilliam overcame a major barrier at The Washington Post newspaper by becoming the popular publication’s first Black female reporter. Ms. Gilliam continues to advocate for…
Every family has a health story and in Jacqueline Sheppard’s family cancer is a running theme. For the 38-year-old Maryland mother it’s hard for her…
Thousands of women (and men) are banding together to share their stories and fight to find a cure for breast cancer. With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, social media activists have sought to maintain a culture of awareness for the better -- and sometimes the worse.
Gwen Jimmere, the founder and CEO of Naturalicious, is the first Black woman to patent a natural hair care product. In the fast-growing natural hair…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the women of color who attended the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, a collective challenge awaits: helping to ease the…
Black women it's high time to we put ourselves first in a society that often forgets us.
Despite major strides Black women remain at the bottom of the wage gap, a new Census Bureau report notes.
