I was 19 when I first learned that, for some, there is a deadline for single women to meet someone and settle down — and it is well before 30 years old. I remember the day vividly. My aunt and I were ...

Sha-Asia Washington died during an emergency C-section in New York. The death of a 26-year-old Black woman during an emergency C-section is putting a spotlight on the disparities women of color face ...

A 30-year-old Black woman in Georgia has been kept on life support for three months against her family’s wishes because of the state’s “fetal heartbeat” anti-abortion law. Adriana Smith was declared ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home last summer by a ...

Dorothy Glanton was known as “New Buffalo Jane Doe,” a missing person believed to be Caucasian and decades younger than her actual age. Thirty-seven years ago, a 71-year-old Black woman walked out of ...

JOURNEY, 12 NEWS EMILY POFAHL WITH THE STORY. LAWMAKERS HERE AT THE CAPITOL FRIDAY PUSHING FOR A TASK FORCE FOCUSING IN ON MISSING AND MURDERED AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN AND GIRLS. IT’S THEIR THIRD TIME ...

She has earned over $40,000 in college scholarships due to playing chess. A Brooklyn teenager, Jessica Hyatt, has made history by becoming the highest-rated African American female chess player.