Women News

Rape on the rise in aftermath of Haiti quake

By theGrio

5:32 PM on 03/16/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - With no lighting and no security, they are menacing places after sunset...

African-American women seek 'interactive' route to Mr. Right

By BlackWeb2.0

1:14 PM on 03/15/2010

Most women know it's hard to find love, but black women specifically may be looking in all the wrong places...

Is the average single black woman really worth just $5?

By Talia Whyte

9:02 AM on 03/12/2010

OPINION - If this disturbing new study doesn't prove once and for all that America isn't 'post-racial' I don't know what does...

How black women can combat genital herpes crisis

By Dr. Janet Taylor

10:42 AM on 03/11/2010

OPINION - According the Center for Disease Control nearly half of all African-American women are infected with the HSV-2 virus...

New report says nearly half of all black women have Genital Herpes

By theGrio

2:21 PM on 03/10/2010

The Center For Disease Control has released alarming new test results that claim 48% of Black women between ages 14 and 49 have herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2)...

John Mayer didn't hurt this black girl's feelings

By theGrio

9:19 AM on 02/23/2010

Within hours of his Playboy interview going online, John Mayer got subjected to a twitter scolding like I have not seen since Chris Matthews forgot Barack was black...

Hollywood's most overlooked resource: black female directors

By Lamonia Brown

8:22 AM on 02/19/2010

OPINION - It took 74 years for the Academy Awards to acknowledge a black female as best actress. How long will it be before black woman is nominated for best director?...

John Mayer is tone deaf when it comes to black people

By Talia Whyte

9:05 AM on 02/11/2010

OPINION - Maybe Mayer should get up to speed on black history, as well as get some psychotherapy...

Women more likely to marry less-educated, lower-income men

By theGrio

4:04 PM on 01/19/2010

From the NYTimes - College-educated wives are less likely to have a husband who is college-educated and in the highest income bracket than they were in 1970, and married women are less likely to have a husband who works...

Single black women should end the blame game

By Dr. Boyce Watkins

9:05 AM on 01/04/2010

OPINION - I recently watched an ABC News special about black people not getting married. It featured a set of beautiful, intelligent black women who couldn't find husbands...

China's 'One-Child' laws won't translate for African-American women

By Shamara Riley

8:25 AM on 12/17/2009

OPINION - The adoption of China's one-child policy in the US would have a disproportionately negative impact on women of color.

As Woods' scandal grows so do its financial complications

By Shamara Riley

8:29 AM on 12/10/2009

OPINION - Tiger Woods needs to alter his perceptions about the perceived market value of various women based on their race.

Black women need a voice in health care's abortion debate

By Talia Whyte

1:47 AM on 12/08/2009

OPINION - The overall health concerns of black women, who are disproportionately affected by health care inequalities in general, have indirectly been mentioned in the headlines lately, but not dealt with effectively.

A women's guide to maintaining a relationship through unemployment

By Kimberly Hurns

7:08 AM on 12/02/2009

OPINION - A black woman's ability to be supportive and encouraging during these challenging times lies in her ability to communicate.

Three ways unemployment is straining black families

By Dr. Jeff Gardere

9:20 PM on 11/29/2009

OPINION - It stands to reason that as poverty and unemployment rates increase for black men, they will experience much more anger and frustration...

Obama effigy hung at RI school with fired teachers

CENTRAL FALLS, Rhode Island (AP) - A union is condemning an effigy of President Obama that was hung upside down by a teacher at a failing Rhode Island high school...