During Black Maternal Health Week, a national campaign to raise awareness and improve outcomes for Black mothers, the Detroit-based organization Mothering Justice is spotlighting what happens when ...

Deborah Sampson was the first woman to ever enlist in the United States military. She did it by pretending to be a man.

I am Jewish, but Christianity has filled my life. The earliest memory I have going to school in Arkansas involves reciting a ...

The private lives of presidents and princes, romantic affairs, meditations on grief, awkward coming-of-age stories, or an ...

According to the CDC, Black women are more than three times more likely to die during childbirth compared to white women. NBC ...

We looked up the highest-rated books on Goodreads so you don't have to! Here are the top picks from the book-review site to help you meet your resolution to read more. The highest-rated books on ...

Global trailblazer Rev. Dr. Joan Louise Wharton retires after 39 years of pastoral leadership in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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The American Bible Society’s recently released “State of the Bible 2024” report offers a comprehensive analysis of current trends in Scripture engagement across the United States.

Braiding is more than a hairstyle. For generations, African American hair braiding styles have held deep cultural significance, telling stories of survival, status and self-expression. What may ...

Thirteen students from Houston-area high schools participated in the inaugural Emerge Leadership Academy (ELA), a summer program hosted by the University of Houston Department of African American ...