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According to a US Consumer Reports study published recently, ingredients that can cause cancer were found in 10 synthetic ...

Women have been playing tackle football for decades, mostly under the radar, but two league commissioners believe it will be part of the next wave as interest in women’s sports grows.

With her nonfiction debut, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers comfortably inhabits this mythic juncture, telling the stories of Black ...

Ward Sakeik’s family and friends have gathered more than 3,300 signatures for a petition urging U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett to ...

Black women have been at the forefront of many movements in American culture, including politics. But one woman in particular ...

Braiding traditions across the African diaspora both predate and defy the colonial confines set forth to erase and subjugate ...

Black leaders face a higher bar for advancement, research reveals. The disparity is not only unjust, but bad for business.

It's a critical time to spotlight the dire health disparities affecting Black Americans, from premature deaths to maternal ...

Whenever lawmakers start carving up benefit programs, women raising children alone are always the first to feel the pain.

After COVID-19 and staffing issues closed their doors, an East Texas Recovery Ministry is rebooting one of its programs.

The former WWE Women's Champion speaks about the day she got the call to become the first African American woman to join the ...