Whether amplifying little-known history or reimagining motherhood, Victoria Christopher Murray and Jamilah Lemieux, remind us that Black women deserve stories that reflect our depth, joy, and truth.

Riederer suffered from a serious heart attack known as a "widow maker." It happened when she was 37, and she's thankful she's able to share her story to help those who could be at risk.

Osceola "Ozzie" Fletcher, a Black World War II veteran who was wounded in the Battle of Normandy in 1944, was finally awarded a Purple Heart last week after being denied the honor for decades.

While Black Maternal Health Week has passed, the conversation and the work behind the movement goes on. Tiara Johnson has made it her life’s mission to help other Black mothers receive quality ...

Mecca Jamilah Sullivan’s stunning debut novel, Big Girl, is the story of a Black girl’s coming-of-age.While growing up in gentrifying Harlem during the 1980s and ’90s, Malaya Clondon is ...

Tiara Johnson developed PPCM in her late 20’s during the last month of her second pregnancy. Before she could be listed for a heart transplant, the doctor told her she would have to lose 100 pounds.

Black women don’t just make history—we are history in motion. And that, in itself, is worth celebrating every single day. Also Read: The five Black women on the 2025 Time Women of the Year list ...

Sue Baker was told that she had two options after her heart started to fail after years of intervention: Enter palliative care, or try an experimental surgery.

For Black women, spotting heart failure signs early is particularly important: Nearly half of all African American women in the US have some form of cardiovascular disease, and they have the ...

The word "heart-rending" doesn't begin to cover many aspects of this story, said Helen Rumbelow in The Sunday Times. We see Max, "in the prison of his hospital bed", telling his parents that he no ...

Pittsburgh woman survives "widow maker" heart attack, shares her experience 02:36. ... It happened when she was 37, and she's thankful she's able to share her story to help those who could be at risk.