Who run the world? According to Beyoncè – girls. And the girls who are doing the most these days when it comes to entrepreneurial endeavors are Black women. A 2015 report “State of Women-Owned Businesses Report” commissioned by American Express Open, provided some details on female-owned companies. African-American female entrepreneurs created businesses at a rate […]
Poet Tracy K. Smith has achieved a great deal already but her recent appointment as the U.S. Poet Laureate tops the list of notable achievements. The Princeton professor hopes to use the platform and poetry to generate new conversations about diversity. Smith, 45, was born in Massachusetts but raised primarily in Fairfield, California. Her father […]
A case of cosmetic surgery seemingly did not go well for one mother in the Bronx. Janelle Edwards had just underwent a series of procedures in the Dominican Republic and according to the New York Daily News, they could have led to her death. Edwards was found unconscious in her car on Thursday at 8:10 […]
PARIS (AP) — The mayor of Paris said Monday that a “clear solution” has been found with organizers of a festival for black feminists, an event that had aroused her ire because four-fifths of the festival space was to be open exclusively to black women. Mayor Anne Hidalgo had strongly criticized and threatened to cancel […]
"Investing in Black women's political leadership is a solid return on investment, one that is rooted in facts and data," the letter reads.
Michelle Obama was a vision as she strolled through the streets of Italy. The former FLOTUS continued supplying vacation style goals for the summer this week! Michelle was spotted looking flawless and carefree in her pink, one-shoulder Teija top. She accessorized the look with distressed white jeans, sandals, and hoop earrings. She amped up the […]
Black men break down why it's necessary to love, honor and respect the Black woman.
Teresa Stroble evacuated all the children within a minute when her school bus caught fire.
Angella Reid --- the first woman and second African American to hold the position as Chief Usher for The White House --- has been dismissed from her job.
Apparently, Shea Moisture didn’t learn much from the Pepsi debacle. The company is pulling an ad after an online backlash over it, which seems to exclude the Black women that helped them become relevant. SheaMoisture is CANCELLED pic.twitter.com/T4Dru1JgAq — NANA JIBRIL 🌙🏳️🌈 (@girlswithtoys) April 24, 2017 Online commenters dragged the brand for an […]
Though I’m only in my twenties, I’ve survived circumstances that would devastate most. At the tender age of nine, I was diagnosed with a rare heart condition. Less than two years later, I became the recipient of a heart and kidney transplant–all before my twelfth birthday. You would think that this medical saga would end […]
