Both women are Black, and they discussed that Black women are three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes as White women. “That’s one thing she made sure she drilled in my head ...
Coined by civil rights activist and African American Policy Forum (AAPF) founder Kimberlé Crenshaw in 2014, #SayHerName was born out of the urgent need to center the experiences of Black women ...
Days after the presidential election, Kelley Glover started having nightmares that would jolt her from sleep. Her subconscious conjured large monsters that were chasing people. But she did nothing ...
You may have noticed a trend on social media of Black women who look happy as hell in love with white men – even if they had to give them a glow up after they got together. Who could forget the ...
The second installment in a series on “Trump’s America” looks at the grim sense of recognition many Black women felt upon his election. A social media consultant, Teja Smith, and other Black ...
“Putting something on that makes you feel beautiful and comfortable just lifts everything about you,” the owner of Downtown Wigs & Fashion said. “A lot of our customers are women with cancer, so ...
Black women experience advanced diagnoses 55% more often than white women. The rates of late-stage breast cancer at diagnosis have risen among women in all racial and ethnic groups, but Black ...
Even veteran Democratic strategist Rahm Emanuel, the current U.S. ambassador to Japan, has been suggested to fill the position. Largely left out of the conversation: Black women, the backbone of the ...