Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester introduces a resolution to acknowledge the persistent pay gap faced by Black women and calls for systemic change.

The project, which was alloted $40 million earlier this week, features notable Texans Sam Houston, Barbara Jordan, George P.

Carol Moseley Braun is a woman of many firsts. She was both the first Black woman and Black Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate, and the first female senator from Illinois. In her new memoir ...

Althea Gibson shattered barriers in tennis and beyond by becoming the first Black athlete to win major titles and blaze a ...

From elevator-bound staffers to the top leaders in the House, no one is underestimating 82-year-old Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.). After Foxx chaired a nearly 22-hour House Rules Committee hearing ...

You don’t have to be an art expert to appreciate a good painting, especially when it comes from Black female painters who are revolutionizing the art world with every brushstroke. From bold portraits ...

Lynch and James encouraged those in the audience to take on a sense of community while surviving this new America.

Fentrice Driskell, who has led Democrats in the Florida House since 2022, has decided to run for the Florida Senate. The term ...

The tiles depicting San Antonio milestones were set in the rock wall enclosing the patio at historic Cos House.

I talked with Alabama's newest member of Congress about the possible future impact on the state from Donald Trump's so called ...

Legislators passed a bill late last session to dole out the money to help organizations hit with federal budget cuts.

Black women, says a North Carolina congresswoman, “work twice as hard to get half as far. ” And the inequity, says Rep.