Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman recently sat down with Roland Martin, host of NewsOne Now, to discuss the launch of the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls. This new political caucus is devoted to public policy that eliminates significant barriers and disparities experienced by Black Women. Congresswoman Coleman explained women of color are “subjected to […]
Huge racial disparities persist despite the drop in infant mortality rates in America. According to statistics, Black babies are dying at twice the rate of White babies in the United States. Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births, according to the CDC: Blacks 11.1% White 5.1% Hispanic 5% National Average 6% Pediatrician Dr. Marilyn McPherson-Corder joined Roland Martin […]
In honor of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness on March 10, positive African-American women sound off.
Rosa Lee Ingram and her two teenage boys were at the center of one of the most explosive capital punishment cases in United States history.…
While the image of the Black Panther Party often conjures one of a man in the signature beret carrying a gun, women were right there alongside the men of the party, making up an estimated 50 percent of membership.
Earlier this month, Darcel D. Clark was sworn in as the Bronx District Attorney making history at the same time. Clark is the first Black…
Whoever said, "There is no such thing as a stupid question" obviously wasn't a Black woman.
Sierra Shields is a beloved, daughter, sister and friends. That’s why it’s so mysterious that the 30-year-old Astoria, Queens native who worked as a flight attendant…
Films about some of history’s most important Black female figures are infrequent, which is why news of a movie on the life of Saartjie “Sarah” Baartman sparked attention this week. Rumors flew that singer Beyonce Knowles would help develop and star in the film about Baartman, who was taken into the slave trade and put on display in […]
The next time you find yourself in Philadelphia and in need of a comic books and coffee fix, there’s a destination in town that has…
Lakeisha Holloway is the young woman charged with mowing down a group of pedestrians in her car on the Las Vegas Strip last Sunday while…
