As we commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the legalization of abortion, we must recognize that the right to choose doesn’t just impact white women.
Whoever said, "There is no such thing as a stupid question" obviously wasn't a Black woman.
Does your circle dictate your health? A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill says yes. In fact, the study’s…
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 has seemingly disappeared into thin air. Shields was last seen on Thursday, January 14th when she vanished after leaving New York’s LaGuardia Airport. Now her family is hoping that someone […]
Michelle King was named this week as the Los Angeles Unified District’s first Black female superintendent. King has worked her entire career for the district and is a product of the school system as well. King, 54, was a long shot to secure the job despite her credentials and long standing with LASUD. The […]
The gap in pay between men and women is already too big, but black women have to deal with and even larger one. Click on the audio player to hear more in this edition of The Jazzy Report on The D.L. Hughley Show! Listen to the “The D.L. Hughley Show” LIVE weekdays 3-7 p.m. EST! RELATED:6 Black Women Who […]
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 you covered. Amalgam Comics and Coffeehouse is owned by Ariell R. Johnson, the first Black woman to open a comic book store on the East Coast. Johnson, a Baltimore […]
Scholar, author and psychiatrist Dr. Frances Cress Welsing passed away after suffering a stroke this past weekend, coming as quite the shock to her many supporters. Dr. Welsing became a nationally known figure for her controversial 1991 book, The Isis Papers, which expanded upon an essay she wrote in the ’70’s while working at […]
UPDATE: Investigation Ongoing In Florida Woman’s Death After Hospital Release; Family Retains Lawyer
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The type of blood clot revealed in the autopsy of a woman who died after being forcibly removed from a hospital is often “difficult to detect and can be impossible to treat,” hospital officials said Wednesday, while a lawyer representing the woman’s family insisted that both hospital staff and police were […]
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…
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 her 3-year-old daughter was strapped into a car seat in the back. Her alleged actions resulted in the death of another young woman who was visiting Las Vegas and dozens […]
