Andrew M. Cuomo. But many of her supporters see her candidacy as something else: an opportunity for Democrats to elect a qualified Black woman to lead the country’s largest city, less than a ...

Centuries of racism, along with the harmful strong Black woman stereotype — that Black women are more resilient and inherently stronger than white women — have had catastrophic effects on the ...

Black women have occupied a special place in America since we were forced onto these shores. As detailed by Paula Giddings in her seminal 1985 treatise: “When and Where I Enter: The Impact of ...

This article is part of Breast Cancer in Black Women, a destination in our Health Divide series. Black women have the lowest breast cancer survival rate, regardless of the stage at diagnosis. And ...

Marla Gibbs has always been on the right side of history—from her role as Florence Johnston on the groundbreaking sitcom The ­Jeffersons to advocating for a Black woman to hold the highest ...

In honor of Black History Month, I spoke with six Black women founders about how they’ve transformed resistance into opportunities. Their stories highlight the power of mindset, community ...

The Woman in Black is a 2012 British horror film directed by James Watkins and written by Jane Goldman, based on Susan Hill's novel of the same name. This is the second film version of the novel.

Goodwine, a Youngstown native, is the first black woman to serve on the state’s highest court. LEXINGTON, Ky. — Between when she walked the halls of South High School and the halls of the ...

This shift has significant consequences, especially for Black women in marketing, who already face systemic barriers to career advancement. While women overall have made significant strides in ...

Vanessa Nkansah-Okoree is a master’s of health science student whose art was selected to decorate a local Waterloo bus in commemoration of Black History Month.

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As part of our series Race Matters, Ali Rogan sat down with Inger Burnett-Zeigler, author of "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen: the Emotional Lives of Black Women," to look at the effects of ...