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Solving the Black Maternal Health crisis isn’t just Black women’s responsibility
Erica Chidi, a reproductive health educator and former doula, speaks about what it will truly take to solve the Black ...
Artist draws portraits honoring Black women who died during childbirth
According to the CDC, Black women are more than three times more likely to die during childbirth compared to white women. NBC ...
I’m Exhausted From Following These Unspoken Rules For Black Women At Work
It was about everything I’d learned, quietly, painfully, about what it means to be a Black woman in corporate America. Years ...
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Black women still more than 3 times more likely to die in childbirth
Today marks the last day of Black Maternal Health Week, a nationally and internationally recognized observance that serves to ...
How Black Women Are Reclaiming Joy, Power, And Safety In Birth
Black women and birthing people are reshaping their experience, no longer simply surviving delivery but feeling empowered ...
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Canada’s First Black Woman Artist Is Celebrated in a Landmark Museum Show
Some 70 years after her death, however, she is finally being recognized for her achievements as possibly Canada’s first Black ...
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The Fashion Industry And Its Fraught Relationship With Black Women Creative Directors
One writer details the industry's lack of support for Black women and points to the current titans in fashion: Tracy Reese, Grace Wales Bonner, and others.
MSNBC guest disparages Trump voters for choosing 'felon,' not wanting to 'elect a Black woman'
MSNBC guest Eddie Glaude argued on Monday that voters chose President Donald Trump, who wants to "destroy the republic," ...
She’s the first Black woman to lead California’s GOP and a Silicon Valley native. Can she give Republicans a boost?
The California Republican Party has a new chairwoman with Silicon Valley roots. She’s trying to capitalize on recent gains by ...
The trial of an ex-deputy who shot an unarmed Black woman in her home is moved to another city
The murder trial of a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey, an unarmed black woman, in her ...
Mia Love, 1st Black Republican woman elected to Congress, dies of cancer at 49
Mia Love made history in 2014 when she was elected as the first Black Republican woman to serve in Congress, representing ...
Things to do in the DC area: Black Women in Food Summit, Aunt Katrina … and more!
For its third year, the Black Women in Food Summit is celebrating the talent, resilience and innovation of Black women in the ...