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Latest figures show that joblessness for Black women surged by 106,000 last month. New eye-popping data shows what is not often cited in the nation’s labor force. Fresh numbers reveal that ...
This week has been especially heavy for Black women online. With social media timelines flooded with the disturbing details of Cassie’s testimony in the Diddy case, and some users belittling and ...
While more than 170,000 jobs were added to the job market in April, Black women accounted for the highest job loss. Though the U.S. economy added over 170,000 jobs last month, more Black women ...
But Black women are rewriting that narrative, demonstrating that single motherhood and entrepreneurship are not mutually exclusive. In fact, more Black women are embracing both with audacity and ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. This year, the Met Gala saw a lot of tailored menswear on ...
Paige Bueckers received national attention in the middle of her collegiate career with the UConn Huskies when she lamented the lack of coverage Black women received in sports at the 2021 ESPY Awards.
For this year’s Met Gala, Lewis Hamilton splurged on a table reserved for Black women who "shaped, nurtured, and redefined it all". Lewis Hamilton didn’t just make a style statement on the Met ...
But his take about why Black NBA players date white women sparked controversy this week. Pierce shared his thoughts in a Feb. 24 episode on the podcast he co-hosts called, The Truth After Dark ...
British artist Thomas J Price probably could have counted on some controversy when he erected a sculpture of a Black woman in New York’s Times Square. Unveiled on April 29, the 12-foot-high ...
For years now, we have been lectured about the pernicious stereotype of the angry Black woman and its negative effects on society, so imagine my shock when I learned that a 12-foot bronze statue ...
More than half of Black and Latina women in a study in South Los Angeles have reported using personal care products that contain formaldehyde-releasing preservatives. Given that formaldehyde is ...