For the first time ever, two Black women were elected Tuesday to serve in the U.S. Senate, while voters also sent a transgender lawmaker to the U.S. House of Representatives. Delaware’s Lisa Blu ...

Angela Alsobrooks became Maryland’s first Black U.S. Senator in Jan. 2025 after holding elected office for 14 years in Prince ...

We didn’t think we’d have two Black women in the Senate, now there are because we made it so. We didn’t think we’d have so many Black members in the House of Representatives. We didn’t ...

A year ago, all five female state senators from South Carolina won the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for their bipartisan effort to block a near-total abortion ban in the state.

In past inaugurations and other high profile political events, we’ve witnessed influential Black women in politics using their attire to celebrate Black designers, making bold declarations about ...

Tracy Glantz [email protected] South Carolina’s women make up 51% of its population and 55% of its registered voters but now just 5% of its state Senate — 4.3% to be exact. Women face many ...