The author’s debut novel addresses rootwork, ancestral ties and the significance of Black people’s history.

Black and brown children have been disproportionately affected by these numbers.

Candace Parker said she owes everything to her 12-year-old daughter after winning a WNBA championship with the Chicago Sky, the franchise’s first.

Grief companion Alishia Anderson shares her best steps for healing after the unthinkable loss of a baby.

Michelle Browder created a statue to protest the still-standing James Marion Sims monument in Montgomery, Ala.

Newsom’s SB 65 will establish a maternal mortality board to improve research on pregnancy-related and infant deaths in the state.

7-year-old Ahkeem was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer in August, and he lost his hair after undergoing chemotherapy.

When EgliColón Stephens lost her only child to a rare kidney cancer, she sought desperately to find joy. 

The child was thrown off by a photo of space in her mother’s passport.

Ovarian cancer afflicts Black women more seriously than other races, and some reasons include lack of care in treating the disease.