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By Matthew Barakat, Associated Press Winsome Sears says voters learned where she stands as she made history campaigning to become the first Black woman elected...

By The Associated Press Accepting a prestigious German prize Sunday in honor of her work, Zimbabwean writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga called for a “new...

“Hopefully, somebody will see that I was able to do it,” Tai said during a short break between close-quarters battle training and firearms practice....

Meet Alisa Bowens-Mercado, the first African-American woman to own a brewery in Connecticut (and fourth in the U.S.). Percy Lovell Crawford | Zenger News Edited by...

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Maia Chaka knows well that Women’s History Month is all about commemorating, observing, and celebrating the...