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Georgia Targets Black Woman With Rare Murder Charge for Ending Her Own Pregnancy

Her case is one of the first instances of a woman being charged for terminating a pregnancysince the state's laws banning most abortions were put in place.
03/20/2026

How She Built This: Charlotta BassAmerica’s First Black Woman VP Nominee

A decade before the Voting Rights Act came into existenceBass blazed a path as the first black woman to run for Vice President of the U.S.
03/20/2026

Rep. Summer Lee Accuses James Comer of Calling Her a “B***h” 

During the meetingLee introduced articles of impeachment against Bondiand that's when things got heated.
03/20/2026

10 Million People in the Dark: What You Need to Know About the Cuba Crisis

Blackoutsprotestsand a mass exodus are unfolding in real time as the U.S. pushes for regime change on the island.
03/19/2026

Colon Cancer Is Hitting Young Black Americans Harder Than Any Other Group

But catching it early can save your life.
03/19/2026

Afroman Wins 'Lemon Pound Cake' Defamation Case

The viral case captured the internet and ignited deeper discussions on free speech and just how far a police department can go when their feelings get hurt.
03/19/2026

Opinion: She Started It. She’ll End It.

From the carpools of Montgomery to the checkout lines of MinneapolisBlack women have always been the architects of America’s most powerful economic protests. The Target boycott is just the latest chapter in a playbook they wrote seven decades ago.
03/19/2026

Done Waiting On CorporateBlack Women Are Building Their Own

A new report shows that Black women now top the charts for new small businessestrading toxic offices for ownership and control over their futures.
03/18/2026

Juliana Stratton’s Illinois Win Puts Another Black Woman on the Brink of the Senate

Illinois’ lieutenant governor survived crypto moneyattack adsand a crowded field. Now she’s favored to become the sixth Black woman ever to serve in the U.S. Senate.
03/18/2026

Mystikal Pleads Guilty to Third-Degree Rape in 2022 Case

The rapperwho faced a mandatory life sentence on the original chargesnow faces up to 20 years in prison. Sentencing is set for June.
03/18/2026

A New Study Says Families Need $145K a Year to Thrive. For Black Householdsthe Gap Is Even Wider

The Urban Institute's economic security threshold highlights what many Black families already know: the system wasn't built for us to get ahead.
03/18/2026