Visit the homepage for more information. With the promulgation of the Code of Canon Law (Codex Iuris Canonici – CIC) in 1983, women and men are recognized as members of the Christian faithful, ...

In 1968, Algernon Johnson "A.J." Cooper, former mayor of Prichard, Alabama, founded the Black American Law Students Association (BALSA) at the New York University Law School. BALSA's purpose was to ...

s legacy and engage in self-care on January 20th. The 92% of Black women voters completed the assignment in 2024 and are not interested in protesting clearly unsuitable cabinet nominees.

In response, numerous Black ... many Black female leaders confront in this country. Among those pushing for patience and fair treatment is Areva Martin, a Los Angeles civil rights lawyer.

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin joined Republican lawmakers on Wednesday to advocate for new legislation concerning transgender women athletes ... they will follow the law if it changes.

Clayton County is welcoming its first-ever Black woman as commission chair. Alieka Anderson-Henry was installed as chairwoman in early January. Anderson-Henry has dedicated herself to working in ...

The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation Tuesday that prohibits males from competing in sports "designated for women or girls" in federally funded programs, which unlike the previous ...

on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. The executive order fortifies into law sex-based words like "female," "woman," and "mother" and protecting women-only spaces.

When Emmy-nominated composer Levi Taylor saw Terence Blanchard's opera Champion (2013), it awakened something in him. "I was like, 'wow, wait, there's somebody who looks like me who's writing ...

Taylor says he leaned heavily on his librettist, Brittini Ward, to reflect some of the struggles and joys of the Black female experience in the words sung in the opera. The narrative follows the ...

In 1969, aged 24, she became the country's first black female lawyer, after studying in both France – the former colonial power - and Cameroon. She says she was encouraged to pursue her studies ...