Black Women, This Is What Self-Care Looks Like
A photography exhibit sponsored by Durham, N.C.’s the Beautiful Project focuses on how women of different ages and backgrounds care for themselves.
Fearless Journalist Ida B. Wells Honored With Google Doodle
On July 16, Wells’ 153rd birthday, Google honored the “fearless and uncompromising” woman with a Doodle of her typing away on typewriter, a piece of...
The Unique and Parallel Paths of Serena Williams and Misty Copeland
Both women have excelled in two different worlds, and yet they’ve provided the same inspiration for so many.
South Sudanese Model Rips ‘Racist’ Fashion Industry
Nykhor Paul’s cup runneth over with regard to how dark-brown models are treated.
The Sex-Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline: How Girls of Color Are Unjustly Arrested and Incarcerated
Black and brown girls are first victimized and then punished, often in connection with sexual violence that has been perpetrated against them.
Meet The 63rd Black Woman With A Physics Ph.D. In American History
Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a 32-year-old theoretical astrophysicist. Her academic home is arguably the nation’s most elite physics department, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Michelle Obama Promotes Education Initiative For Young Girls Around The World
Hundreds of students greeted first lady Michelle Obama with applause, cheers and singing when she stopped by the Mulberry School for Girls in East London...
Did Serena Williams Just Top Michael Jordan For Greatest ‘Flu Game’ Ever?
On June 11, 1997, one of the greatest moments in sports history in any league by one of the greatest athletes from any sport occurred....
We Must Make Police Brutality Against Black Women an Issue in 2016
Black women are victims of violence at higher rates than all other groups of women, yet in the debate over police brutality they are left...
Like It’s 1999: On Serena Williams’s Dominance and the Passage of Time
It’s 1999 and Serena Williams is about to win her first U.S. Open, her first major tennis tournament. But she plays like she’s still figuring...
Why Black Women Should Still Get a Mammogram Starting at Age 40, Not 50
New federal guidelines recommending mammograms at age 50 have alarmed breast-cancer activists, who say African-American women are at higher risk at a younger age and...
Rethink Everything!
Full Graphics Love Black As a people we do whacky self-destructive things to one another, as if we hate one another; and often constantly berate...
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