This series examines the impacts of structural racism, sexism, and ableism on the education, health outcomes, and economic security of Black women and girls with disabilities in the United States.

Men commanded the pulpits of the black church; they also dominated church power and politics. Denied the chance to preach, growing numbers of women, mostly middle class, found ways to participate ...

“Dr. Sherita Golden’s experience ironically aligns with most organizations’ typical and historic stance toward Black women,” shared DEI consultant and decolonial educator Joquina Reed.

Jarena Lee was the first woman to preach under the auspices of the AME church. The child of free black parents, Lee was born in New Jersey in 1783 and worked as a servant in the home of a white ...

because do Black women ever really get a day off? One of the harsh realities of stumbling into the trenches of womanhood — or adulthood in general — is the realization that nothing ever stops.

Centuries of racism, along with the harmful strong Black woman stereotype — that Black women are more resilient and inherently stronger than white women — have had catastrophic effects on the ...

There's such a divide in the church among the generations. A lot of people don't realize that some of the kids aren't coming back.' New research highlights Black congregations’ challenges in ...

He was taken to task in particular for the Catholic Church’s record on women, on abuse and on LGBTQ issues. King Philippe of Belgium told him it had taken the Church “far too long” to ...

Judi Julmisse, a Black woman in Miami, was your typical Hinge user. She created a profile listing her relationship wants and her career. She answered prompts to show off her personality and ...

That has consequences for social cohesion and Black political power writ large. Church membership has plunged among Black adults by almost 20 percentage points in the last two decades, according ...

These well-coifed women ... “Black Nazi,” both of which his campaign has vehemently denied. Among the “co-chairs & hosts” listed on the fund-raising event’s invitation was Ms. Whaley ...