Whatever phrase you like to use applies to these stunning Black women. For decades, Black women have surpassed the beauty mark by being strong, independent, intelligent and beautiful all while taking ...

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.

For Black women, the rate of 26.8 deaths per 100,000 is higher than any ethnic group. Younger Black women are especially at risk. The incidence of breast cancer in females younger than age 50 has been ...

The dream for Harris is over but there are signs that America may yet be ready for a woman in the Oval Office - it just didn't want one called Kamala Harris. It is technically possible that the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Judge Pamela Goodwine is no stranger to firsts — she was the first Black woman in Lexington to be district judge and, later, the first to be circuit judge. She became the first Black woman to ...

CNN political analyst Van Jones said that Black women would being forced to trade in their "hope" for "hurt" as former President Donald Trump appeared to be poised to defeat Vice President Kamala ...

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 PEOPLE Magazine's Editorial Assistant. She provides administrative support to ...