The National Council of Negro Women, meanwhile, has joined together with its member chapters and dozens of affiliated groups, such as the Black youth organization Jack and Jill of America ...

This is especially significant for African American women, who are poised to suffer the worst outcomes of six-week abortion bans in places like Georgia and Texas, since Black women account for an ...

Never in the Senate have two Black women served together at the same time. “I have to pause and think, How is that possible?” asked Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and ...

Systemic racism is responsible for at least part of this increased risk, researchers said WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Black women have a higher risk of dying from any type of breast ...

Since the end of the summer season in 1619, Black women of all ages across America have tried to convince ... Help us Continue to tell OUR Story and join the AFRO family as a member.

Black women are about 40% more likely to die of breast cancer than White women, but new research is showing this applies to all forms of the disease — and examines why. In the study, published ...

In a legal settlement stemming from a right-wing lawsuit, the Fearless Fund, an investment group geared toward women of color, has agreed to end its grant program for Black women. The news ...

According to the latest Women in the Workplace report from Lean In and McKinsey, many of the tactics experts and scholars have been recommending to company leaders for years have been paying off ...

Reports in recent years have shown that pregnant Black women in New Jersey not only experience more serious complications during childbirth but die at a higher rate than expectant mothers of other ...

The conversation about Kamala Harris' hair has opened discourse about a harsh reality many Black women politicians face.

The silk press is a popular hairstyle in the African American ... nostalgia for Black women … is palpable. It’s also seen as a classic professional look for people with Afro-textured hair ...

In the five years that Tiffany Posh has been doing hair for Black women in metro Washington ... The silk press is a popular hairstyle in the African American community. It involves straightening ...