This article appears in the December 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. When the unemployment rate for African American women hit nearly 7 percent in August, alarms went off ...

This country has never been comfortable giving poor people, especially poor Black women, something they didn't “earn” first.

The Preeclampsia Foundation and Preeclampsia Foundation Canada announce four grants specifically targeting preeclampsia in ...

Gen Z is leading the pack in holding multiple jobs and eschewing traditional office work, while millennials are also ...

Some Black women are choosing peace over patriotism. A quiet revolution is happening in America. Black women are leaving the United States in search of safety and a better quality of life. For many of ...

If 2025 taught us anything, it is a familiar truth Black women know well: seats are not promised, titles are temporary, and adaptability is not optional. With the erasure of DEI efforts, mandates to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sophia A. Nelson covers Law, Politics, American Lifestyle & Culture. A cooling economy combined with an aggressive retreat from ...

Over 300,000 Black women have been pushed out of the workforce in recent months, and the numbers keep getting worse (not to mention it’s a figure that’s raising alarms among advocates and economists ...

Natasha Brown is the co-anchor of CBS News Philadelphia at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Prior to August 2018, the Emmy-Award winner was the weekend evening anchor of CBS News Philadelphia on CBS and Philly57.

MEXICO CITY − On a perfect, sunny 75-degree day, a group of Black American women gathered at a sidewalk cafe over coffee and pastries to dish about dating, the affordability of weight loss medications ...