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.

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.

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 choices in nearly a ...

Support for Harris among women overall, but especially among Black women, has been building since July, when President Joe Biden withdrew from the race. "We've seen a real commitment to her from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

5, 2024, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith) Members of the Black Women’s Leadership Collective from left; Holli Holliday, President, Sisters Lead Sisters Vote & lead organizer, Win With Black ...

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 ...