Black Women

"For whatever reason," the U.S. senator from Louisiana added, "people of color have a higher incidence of maternal…

Jackson will be the first Black woman and public defender to join the highest court in the land.

Despite making up 6.5% of the U.S. population, Black women and girls only account for 3.7% of the leads and co-leads…

It’s been a tough year for young Black leftists. Our preferred presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, was no match…

Once again, people have taken to the internet unprompted to tell Lizzo what they think she should do with her body.…

America holds Black women in a troubling paradox, telling them, on one hand, how important they are to electing…

After a long night of anxiety over vote tabulations in Florida and slow vital Midwestern swing states, Democratic…

When rapper Megan Thee Stallion was allegedly shot by Tory Lanez earlier this summer, the initial resp…

On Thursday, rapper Tory Lanez was charged with felony assault in the shooting of rapper Megan Thee Stallion in…

The story of women’s political activism in America and their battle for voting rights has often pivoted around the…

For Black women, experiencing some form of violence during our lives—whether it’s physical, mental, or emotional—is…

Soon after Sen. Kamala Harris was selected to be Joe Biden’s 2020 running mate, I texted some old friends from…

In late July, rapper Talib Kweli posted a lengthy message to his Instagram account, announcing that after 11 years,…

If you want to know the real definition of identity politics, don’t expect to get it from a bad leftist podcast, a…

If you believe what you read on the internet, it’s a beautiful day to arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor.

On March 23, just after Ontario, Canada declared non-essential businesses would be closed in an attempt to slow the…

When Jezebel sat down with Morgan Harper, a 36-year-old progressive running for Congress in Ohio, one quality was…

Actor Gina Rodriguez posted an Instagram story of herself rapping along to the Fugees song “Ready or Not,” saying,…

Research has already shown that black girls are seen by adults as less childlike than white girls. This phenomenon,…

In September 2018, Bri Malandro retweeted a Ciara photoshoot from the autumn/winter issue of King Kong magazine. In…