SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook will nominate prominent technology executive Peggy Alford for election to its board. Alford would be the first African-American woman and second African-American to join ...

Endometrial cancer, a common form of uterine cancer, has an 80 percent rate of survival over a five-year period in most women diagnosed at age 60 and above. But African American women are more ...

African American women are increasingly vital to the health of the U.S. economy and the economic security of their families, yet they experience significant pay disparities and face unique ...

The fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S. is African-American women. But minority-owned businesses often face greater challenges getting funding. The NewsHour’s April Brown profiles ...

In a nationwide survey by The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation, black women see Michelle Obama as a role model whose struggle mirrors their own.

Even though African American women represent an important and growing source of talent, they currently represent only 1.1% of corporate officers in Fortune 500 companies, according to Catalyst, a ...

As the first African American woman to be ordained as a rabbi, Denver Rabbi Alysa Uriel Stanton's journey is one of determination, faith, and unwavering strength.

*A coalition of African American leaders is calling for immediate action following a disturbing incident at a Taco Bell Cantina in downtown Los Angeles. As we reported earlier, on February 9th ...

The face, offered in May 2018, had belonged to a man with skin that was much fairer than what remained of Chelsea’s—so light that Chelsea, who is African American, couldn’t bear the thought ...

African American women only earned $610 per week, whereas African American men made $666 and white women’s median usual weekly earnings were $718 in the second quarter of 2013.

According to the report, 3.4% of senior leaders are Black, up from 3.1%, and 4.3% are Hispanic, up from 3.5%. Since 2014, the share of Black employees in technical roles has increased only ...

10 Instagram Accounts And Facebook Groups To Follow That ... Dasha Kennedy is a perfect example of lifting as you climb as she’s helped over 70,000 African American women jumpstart their ...