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Update: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in to the Supreme Court as the first Black woman sitting on the nation’s highest court. Jackson

In March, Angelina Jolie sat down with The Today Show to speak about her work in getting The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorized. Propelled by h

Editor’s note: This story contains information about sexual assault and suicide. Please proceed thoughtfully. On August 27, Hannah Johnson stood on t

It’s Homecoming season at Howard University, but there’s a noticeable difference on the HBCU campus this year. Students line up under canopies offering

This is a bleak week for Texas, where forced pregnancy is now the law of the land. Extremist politicians have effectively banned abortion care in our state

Well, it happened. Amid rapidly rising COVID-19 case numbers, your coworker or roommate or friend just tested positive. You’re vaccinated, though, an

Update: On Monday, August 23, the FDA approved the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, making it the first officially licensed vaccine against the coronaviru

Lucille Times, a  Montgomery civil rights activist who got into a fist fight with the same bus driver Rosa Parks stood up to, passed away late Monday even

Biotech company Moderna, the same company behind one of the COVID-19 vaccines, is expected to start human trials this week for two mRNA-based HIV vaccines,

As it turns out, there’s an easy, straightforward way to reduce the endemic poverty and hunger in America: money. According to new data from the U.S.

On Thursday evening, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized third doses of both Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in the U.S. in an effort to mitigate

On Tuesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation amid a slew of allegations and scandals. Along with ongoing investigations into whethe

We’ve been living in a pandemic for over a year and a half, and in that time we’ve learned a lot about the novel coronavirus and it’s many variants.

Now that New York City will require proof of vaccination in order to enjoy indoor dining, indoor fitness, and indoor entertainment venues starting Septembe

At least two cases of what’s being referred to as the “Delta Plus” variant of COVID-19 have been reported in South Korea, the Korea Disea

Update: On Tuesday, Matt Damon issued a statement in response to an interview with The Sunday Times where he had reportedly described using the F-slur in h

After a year of no crowds, concerts, and no Instagram photos of influencers in sheer kaftans on grassy fields, musical festivals are returning — and to a

After being dismissed without warning, the Team’s former cheerleaders are speaking out.