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Singer Dencia not so thrilled about Lupita Nyong’o’s Lancôme deal

White House petition started in protest of army’s grooming policies

Cries of racial bias follow release of U.S. Army’s new grooming policy

Study: black women have more financial burdens than whites

Woman files lawsuit against Planet Fitness over religious head covering

Bodies of Houston couple found dead in Texas

Woman shot in head expected to make miraculous recovery, posts to Facebook

Clip of the day: ‘Behind the Veil: God’s Victory’

Black women 8 times more likely to die during childbirth in New York City

Robin Roberts comes out

Chicago community members hold ‘Clarathon’ in hopes of raising funds for homeless, battered women

Taye Diggs denies comments slandering black women

Rihanna’s Doobie hairstyle steals show

Study: Biologically speaking, black women age faster than white women

Guest Post: “An Open Letter to Nelly”

History Made: Two college students become first African American women to win 1st, 2nd place in debate history

Marissa Alexander bail hearing set for today

Why the black man will never tell you he wants commitment

#Stopblackgirls2013: the latest offensive hashtag demeaning black women

Ursula Burns, Rosalind Brewer, Shonda Rhimes listed among ‘Most Powerful Women in Business’

Video: RYSE Center students dedicate video to Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant and other slain youth

SNL’s Kenan Thompson blame black women for lack of cast diversity

Teen who grew up homeless thrives at Ivy League school

Young activists speak out against racial injustice in America with new project

Report: Rates of breast cancer, fatality rise among black women

Adorable 2-year-old dances to Beyonce with mom

Lifetime Set to Release Gabby Douglas Biopic

List of ’25 Smartest Women on Twitter’ Excludes Blacks, Tweeters Respond

Lee Daniels Offends w/ ‘Welfare Clinic’ Comments; Issues Non-Apology

21-Year Old Transgender Woman Beaten to Death in Harlem

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