Black Women

Chemicals found in hair products can have significant impacts on human health. But some people are more at risk than others.

It's high time for the Democratic Party to step up and invest time, money, and resources to get women of color elected across the country.

The duchess told media star Ziwe Fumudoh about the results of recent genealogical testing during the latest episode of her "Archetypes" podcast.

Yvette Nicole Brown, star of "Disenchanted" and "Community," talked to Newsweek about why her game show moment with Keke Palmer was about so much more than fun.

With over 300 wins between Avis Brown and her siblings in the San Diego Junior Golf and Junior PGA tournaments, their legacy is set.

Kansas voters chose to preserve abortion rights in the first statewide referendum on abortion policy since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade.

The viral call to action—primarily for women and Black women particularly—is usually all about how they look. It's time to change that.

Gendered racism must be eliminated to make workplaces healthy for everyone.

Based on data about abortion use, dismantling Roe will disproportionately affect poor Black women.

Choreographers Ellenore Scott and Ayodel Casel talk to Newsweek about putting some fancy footwork into what is usually seen as a star vehicle.

Palin said Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson "did not have the most basic fundamental answers" to senators during her confirmation hearing.

A warrant was issued after Brandon Francisco failed to appear in court the same day Goodie was last seen.

Hundreds of people, led by a large contingent of Black women and girls, gathered outside the Supreme Court to support Ketanji Brown Jackson on Monday.

Thomas has been on the Supreme Court since 1991, but Black law students told Newsweek that Jackson would be the first justice they see themselves in.

Many people agreed with Bush saying that the media repeatedly underreports on Black women in the U.S.

Pharmaceutical companies are seeking approval from the FDA to make the pills more easily available.

Some conservatives say it's discriminatory for Biden to choose a Black woman for the seat, but there's a precedent of presidents making such calculated choices.

The Texas senator has been called out for saying it is "offensive" for the president to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court.

GOP senators have already indicated that they will push back against the president's nomination choice.

President Joe Biden has pledged to nominate a Black woman to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court.

Family members said that the lack of information led to a series of frantic phone calls in which police allegedly said they couldn't help them.

Black women are capable of providing leadership that is responsive to the broad swath of Americans' needs.

Mississippi has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 1973 ruling in a case seeking to revive a 15-week abortion ban.

Black women deserve more and better.

"The reality is there is a disparity between Black and white women and it's not getting better," said Kimberly D. Gregory.

"My heart goes out to [the Petito] family... But we do have a lot of Gabby Petitos in the Black and brown community as well," said Derrica Wilson of the Black and Missing Foundation.

As a Black woman, I can't forget the images of rioters parading around the Capitol with Confederate flags and other signs of their hate. I can't normalize this.

We must pass the PRO Act and CROWN Act to end race-based hair discrimination, change power dynamics at work and give working people a real say in our future.

After booking roles on Supernatural and Jane the Virgin and playing Meghan Markle in a movie, the audition for Masters of The Universe: Revelation came up.

Secrets are hard. Keeping my diagnosis from my mom was the hardest, because we shared everything with each other.