TV and Black Girl Rising, Inc. convened a roundtable of Black women to discuss the complex relationship between hair, culture ...

Dr. Maya Dominique discusses Black maternal health disparities and her upcoming wellness fair designed to provide resources and education to families ...

Philadelphia, John Africa thinks he has a solution to the problems plaguing the city — extreme back-to-nature living.

In 2016, she submitted one of her paintings, a portrait called Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance), featuring an elegant African-American woman holding ... s no new vegetable that’s ...

Inspired by long-lost folk melodies, gospel, opera and bluegrass, the electrifying singer and banjo player gives fresh voice to old American traditions Justin Davidson Giddens with her beloved ...

Cancer incidence rates in the U.S. have declined, but there are still significant disparities in cancer diagnoses and death rates by race and ethnicity.

For years, Black women have used synthetic braids to help style their hair. But a recent study by Consumer Reports found that ...

Mariah Forde, or Mariah Celeste as she goes by on YouTube, will tell you just how important appearance is when appearing on ...

Anti-blackness runs rampant amongst all communities and a consequence of that is the pressure placed on Black people to be ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. A senior immigration officer’s decision to refuse an HIV-positive South African woman’s bid for permanent residency in Canada on humanitarian and ...

The American woman charged in the fatal stabbing of a man at the Kaiserslautern train station last summer was given probation after being found guilty this week of manslaughter, local media ...

Several generations of Black women met to discuss how their hair has shaped the way others see them and how they see themselves.