Fear of discrimination and dying during pregnancy and childbirth may lead pregnant Black women to prefer seeing a Black obstetrician, a small study suggests. Researchers at the University of North ...

The “Angry Black Woman” stereotype is a long-standing, deeply rooted caricature that portrays Black women as overly hostile, aggressive, difficult, irrational, or “too strong” in their emotions. It ...

Tricia Hersey launched a napping ministry to encourage Black women to rest. A growing movement is calling on Black women to do something long held out of their reach as the country faces an ongoing ...

WASHINGTON ‒ California Sen. Laphonza Butler is the lone African American woman in the Senate and only the third Black woman to ever serve in the chamber. Six months into the job, the Democratic ...