Dystany Spurlock becomes first Black woman to race in NASCAR

Dystany Spurlock’s NASCAR debut came to an early end Friday, but the 34-year-old Virginia native still made history as the ...

Dystany Spurlock is 1st Black woman to race in one of NASCAR’s national series, crashes in debut

Dystany Spurlock was set to become the first Black woman to compete in one of NASCAR’s three national series in her debut in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Dover Motor Speedway, according to NAS ...
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionOpinion

America at 250: Celebrate independence by remembering the ladies of Georgia

The United States blossomed thanks to notable women. It's important, as first lady Abigail Adams wrote, to remember the ...

Josephine Baker was the blueprint—her legacy still echoes through today’s biggest Black women stars

FKA Twigs is gearing up to play the iconic Josephine Baker in an upcoming American-French biopic directed by Maïmouna ...
The Miami Times

Motown’s Black women songwriters and producers were the invisible architects behind the pop music juggernaut

During the 1960s, in a country divided by racial strife, the music of Berry Gordy Jr.’s Motown Records helped bring people ...

Here’s how a Black woman engineer turned a childhood Double Dutch dream into a real invention

A Penn State professor is blending nostalgia, culture, and STEM with what’s believed to be the world’s first automated Double ...
The American Prospect

Federal Job Cuts Hit Black Women Hard—a Year Later, Unemployment Is Up

This article was produced by Capital & Main, an award-winning publication that reports from California on economic, political, and social issues. It is co-published here with permission. Kerene Tayloe ...
Wall Street Journal

10 Women Whose Inventions Transformed Household Chores

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. Over the course of American ...
MarketWatch

Black Woman Dentist Disrupts $3 Billion Tradition: Dr. Joya Lyons' Patented Automated Tooth Fairy Box Featured on Cover of Inventors Digest

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Joya Lyons, a Charlotte-based dentist and entrepreneur, is making ...
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Black Woman Dentist Disrupts $3 Billion Tradition: Dr. Joya Lyons' Patented Automated Tooth Fairy Box Featured on Cover of Inventors Digest

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Joya Lyons, a Charlotte-based dentist and entrepreneur, is making waves in the world of innovation as her invention graces the cover of the April ...
The Atlantic

The Black Women Changing the DAR

In 1976, Karen Batchelor was a young mother desperate for mental stimulation. One day, she went to a library in Detroit to explore her family’s history and unexpectedly found an Irish ancestor who had ...
Scientific American

Black women have worse IVF outcomes. New science helps explain why

For the past two decades, fertility specialists have wrestled with a troubling question: Why do Black people have lower live birth rates after in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment than white people?