The New York City Council speaker, who officially launched her mayoral campaign on Saturday, would be the first woman to lead ...

International Women’s Day is here, and the day is celebrated to commemorate the strength women show in their everyday lives.

They fed, protected and housed activists who traveled to Selma, Alabama, in March 1965 to demonstrate for voting rights.

Black women fed, protected and housed the activists who traveled to Selma, Alabama, in March 1965 to demonstrate for voting ...

Hazel Dukes, the president of the New York State chapter of the NAACP and lifelong civil rights advocate, died Saturday at ...

Minnesota's Speaker of the House and Rep. Lisa Demuth has been named among USA Today's 2025 "Women of the Year." ...

For the first time in the 236-year history of the U.S. Senate, two Black women are serving simultaneously. Geoff Bennett sat down with Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester ...

Adichie’s new novel, “Dream Count,” is about the dream lives of four West African women living in Maryland, Washington, D.C., ...

In honor of Black History Month a running group in Las Vegas is promoting health and wellness with the joy of running.

Endurance athlete Sophie Power might have come to running later than most, but she’s more than making up for it, breaking the world record for the most distance covered by a woman on a treadmill in 48 ...

Legends like congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, Morrie Turner and Captain Bill Pinkney were all firsts in their field.

"When I joined Black Men Run, running a 5K every Saturday ... In fact, according to the American Heart Association, nearly 60% of Black men and women suffer from cardiovascular disease. "Black men die ...