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 ...

Discover 11 Black women painters who are redefining contemporary art with powerful, personal, and culturally rich work.

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.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom promoted his more than 2,000-mile jaunt from California to South Carolina as a bid to help the ...

Lawmakers may disclose as much as they wish, but most chose to reveal as little as possible and reported only the $1,000 ...