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California Gov. Gavin Newsom responds after Halle Berry accuses him of ‘devaluing’ women

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is firing back after Halle Berry publicly accused him of overlooking women. In a new statement, Newsom’s office addressed Berry’s critiques of his decision to veto a menopause care act, a bill she has championed to try to get across the finish line. “[The Governor has] deep admiration for Ms. Berry’s advocacy on women’s issues. He looks forward to working with her and other stakeholders on this critical issue,” the statement said, per People magazine. “He […]

todayDecember 5, 2025

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Can Black women help Doug Jones make history again in Alabama?

Former U.S. Senator Doug Jones is seeking to become Alabama’s next governor, and he’ll likely need the support of Black women to do it. Jones announced his campaign for governor on Monday, setting up a potential rematch against U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville, who is seeking the Republican nomination. Tuberville defeated Jones and ousted him from his Senate seat in 2020. But it was Black women who put Jones in office in the first place. In 2017, Jones became the first […]

todayNovember 27, 2025

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Black women have something to say a year after Kamala Harris’ loss

It’s officially been one year since Kamala Harris lost her bid to become America’s first female and first Black and South Asian woman president. The former vice president’s stunning loss to Donald Trump left many Democratic voters devastated, most especially Black women who campaigned and organized in droves to put her in the White House. “I was so sad…I wanted Vice President Kamala Harris to win, but I also knew what was at stake,” said LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black […]

todayNovember 6, 2025

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Trump’s trend of targeting prominent Black women, like Letitia James, explained

President Donald Trump‘s vow to go after his political enemies came to a head on Thursday when his Justice Department announced the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James. James, who was charged with mortgage fraud, maintains that she did not commit any crime and slammed the president for his “desperate weaponization of our justice system” and “grave violation of our constitutional order.” While the targeting of James is being condemned as part of a growing trend of political […]

todayOctober 11, 2025

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Trump says Chicago is next for federal crime crackdown, claims Black women begged him to come

President Donald Trump said he has his sights on Chicago as up next for a takeover, as his administration escalates tensions with cities run by Black Democratic mayors over crime allegations. While applauding the National Guard, which he deployed in D.C. amid a “crime emergency,” the president declared on Aug. 11, Trump praised the troops for an “incredible job working with the police.” “We haven’t had to bring in the regular military, which we’re willing to do,” President Trump said […]

todayAugust 23, 2025

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White Farmers on Trial for Killing Two Black Women, Then Feeding Them to Pigs

Nationwide — A White farm owner and his farm supervisor from South Africa are on trial for allegedly shooting two Black women who entered their property and feeding their bodies to pigs. The brutal case has sparked national outrage over race and justice. Zachariah Olivier, 60, is accused of shooting the women with the help of 19-year-old Adrian De Wet. Authorities say the killings happened in August 2024, on a farm in Sebayeng, outside Mankweng, Limpopo. Police found the decomposed […]

todayAugust 9, 2025

African American Culture

Black Women Veterans’ Home That Was Featured on “Extreme Makeover” Has Allegedly Been Stolen

They Allege Property Seizure and Unfair Treatment Nationwide — The famed Extreme Makeover: Home Edition project known as the “Jubilee House,” completed in July 2011 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is at the center of a growing controversy. The home, originally purchased for $25,000 by Barbara Summey Marshall and Maya V. Louise Marshall, two African American women veterans, was part of a ministry and housing outreach launched in 2005 to support homeless veterans. Now, over a decade later, those same veterans […]

todayJuly 30, 2025

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Members of Congress introduce resolution demanding equal pay for Black women

Members of Congress have introduced a resolution demanding equal pay for Black women amid persistent racial and gender wage gaps in the United States. Marking Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, U.S. Reps. Alma Adams, D-N.C., Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., Teresa Leger Fernández, D-Fla., Lois Frankel, D-Fla., and U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., introduced the Black Women’s Equal Pay Day Resolution on Thursday. “Today, we recognize the staggering wage inequity Black women face and recommit ourselves to addressing this injustice,” said Congresswoman […]

todayJuly 10, 2025

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Center 1968 is on a mission to train and elect more Black women in politics and policy

When Jasmine Sessoms observed the political landscape, she was disheartened to see that practically no Black women worked in public policy. After successfully training Black women to run for political office in her home state of Pennsylvania through her “She Can Run” program—resulting in graduates like Cherelle Parker, who went on to be elected Philadelphia’s first female mayor—Sessoms decided she needed to go a step further. “Without training us, investing in us, and connecting us, we really are struggling,” said […]

todayMarch 20, 2025