This is part of the gift Walter R. Strickland II presents to readers in Swing Low, his massive new treatment of the Black church in America. Strickland’s groundbreaking book amplifies a story we ...

Far-left MSNBC host Joy Reid declared Black women have lost interest in "saving America" as they grapple with the betrayal of White female voters who had a stronger-than-expected turnout in ...

What comes next? You tell us. Today, I am tired of fighting. As a Black woman in America, this fight is overwhelming and never-ending. I have fought with hope and faith against a reality that ...

She said Black women have long fought battles over issues, including women’s rights, and winning elections. “The work isn't done and I'm accountable and responsible to my people. So I get up.

Johns says that many Black men carried empathy for the plight of women in the post-Roe era and had the women they loved in mind when they went to the polls. “I just apologized to my 21-year-old ...

For more election coverage from the NPR Network head to our live updates page. Two states elected Black women to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday night, making history for themselves and the country.

WASHINGTON — For the first time ever, two Black women were elected Tuesday to serve in the U.S. Senate, while voters also sent a transgender lawmaker to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks are the fourth and fifth Black women elected to Congress Lizzie Hyman is a Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE, where she contributes in-depth features and covers ...

Despite much hand-wringing about whether Black men would jump ship from the Democratic Party and vote in droves for Donald Trump, election exit polls tell a different story. Early exit polls from ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters for the first time elected two Black women to serve simultaneously in the Senate and sent an openly transgender lawmaker to Congress on Tuesday. They’re among historic ...

Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester projected to win Senate races. Delaware Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester and Prince George's County, Maryland, Executive Angela Alsobrooks made history Tuesday ...