NewsOne Featured Video Source: PeopleImages / Getty A report released by the Black Feminist Fund in March highlighted how the lack of financial support given to Black women-centered movements had upended positive global change. Research in Where is The Money for Black Feminist Movements? included hundreds of contributions from groups and activists worldwide. It was collected and […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: kali9 / Getty There is always a story behind the story. For instance, many people celebrate the impressive volume of Black women launching and running businesses. Black women are the fastest-growing demographic of entrepreneurs in the U.S., launching and running 2.7 million businesses. JPMorgan Chase found that “[t]he number of businesses […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Prostock-Studio / Getty We need to discuss perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) and their effect on maternal mental health. This is a leading complication for pregnant and postpartum women, with 1 in 7 experiencing these issues. However, for me, as a Black woman, the rates are even higher. Studies show […]
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NewsOne Featured Video American educator and Civil Rights activist Septima Poinsette Clark (1898 – 1987) (center) speaks from behind a lectern during a Southern Christian Leadership Conference banquet at the Redmont Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama, in August 1965. | Source: Chris McNair / Getty Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Angel Reese of the Louisiana State Tigers cuts down the net after their win over the Iowa Hawkeyes during the 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament National Championship at American Airlines Center on April 2, 2023, in Dallas, Texas. | Source: Ben Solomon / Getty In a previous life before journalism, I worked […]
Read MoreNewsOne Featured Video Source: San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images / Getty With Black Women’s History Month upon us, it is crucial that we recognize the important achievements of Black women who are dismantling obstacles and making history in a variety of fields. Black women are leading the way, exhibiting perseverance, inventiveness, and a […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Dr. Tamika Y. Nunley As Black Women’s History Month gets underway, the release of a new book that tells the stories of enslaved Black women who were charged with crimes by their owners couldn’t be timed any better. Written by Dr. Tamika Nunley, a historian and professor of history at Cornell […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Education Images / Getty It’s all too common for the work of Black women to be overlooked. But Black women continue to impact their communities in ways large and small. But this Black Women’s History Month, which occurs in April, I wanted to highlight Black women fueling change in Baltimore. These […]
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NewsOne Featured Video U.S. women earn 82% of what U.S. men earn — and the gap is significantly higher for Black and Hispanic women. Portra/E+ Collection/Getty Images Equal Pay Day falls in 2023 on March 14 — a date determined by how long into the new year American women must work to catch up to […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Elizaveta Bulygina / Getty Women’s History Month is an opportunity to celebrate those who defy the odds and accomplish the impossible. While we certainly hold space for women like Charlotta Bass, who became the first African American woman to own a newspaper, or Nella Larsen who was an author, nurse and […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Anchiy / Getty Black women have a long history of advocating for equality and justice. During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, Black women played a critical role in organizing protests and mobilizing communities. Changmakers like Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer and Dorothy Height worked tirelessly to advance […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: JuiceBros / Getty Michigan lawmakers are fighting for the CROWN ACT to be implemented across the wolverine state’s schools and workplaces. On Feb. 21, Sen. Sarah Anthony of Lansing and several other representatives introduced the CROWN ACT to officials in the Michigan Senate to safeguard residents with natural and coily hair […]
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NewsOne Featured Video She traveled far and wide to support children and families around the world. Cornell University Nutrition is among the most critical issues of our time. Diet-related illnesses are shortening life spans and the lack of conveniently located and affordable nutritious food makes it hard for many Americans to enjoy good health. Physicians […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Tassii / Getty Last year, Massachusetts became the 18th state to adopt the CROWN Act, an imperative bill that shields individuals from discrimination over natural and protective hairstyles in the workplace and other institutions. But as lawmakers work tirelessly for the bill to be passed nationwide, the fight to end race-based […]
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UPDATED: 11:00 a.m. ET, Feb 16, 2023 Black people who were convicted of crimes they never actually committed. It’s a tragic story told time and time again. But have you heard the one about the Black man exonerated for his crimes? –Rarely. Thankfully, in recent years more wrongly convicted Black men and Black women have […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Janos Kummer / Getty So, I don’t mean to blow all of your minds, but it appears that Fox News host Tucker Carlson is racist. No, no, really it’s true. Sure, it might be hard to believe that the guy who responded to the death of Tyre Nichols by making a […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Probal Rashid / Getty Over the past several years, I’ve seen more and more Black women saying publicly and privately that they want a “soft” life. A soft life is one where Black women are not overburdened by their and everyone else’s life. It is one where Black women embrace ease […]
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