Caitlin Gooch grew up loving books and horses. She wants more kids in her native North Carolina to feel the same.
Padilla’s appointment marks a milestone — he will be the first Latinx senator from California — but Black leaders who led the charge for a Black woman to fill Harris’ seat expressed disappointment.
Despite federal eviction moratoriums, Black women are most at risk of losing their housing during the pandemic.
One of only two HBCUs for women in the nation, Bennett found a new, permanent accreditor, allowing it to remain eligible for federal grants and programs.
Mason says she didn’t know that she was ineligible to vote while on supervised release for a felony. This oversight could land her back behind bars.
Lisa Montgomery’s new execution date is eight days before Joe Biden, who pledged to end the federal death penalty, takes office.
Lisa Montgomery, who could be the first woman executed by the federal government since 1953, has at least three more weeks to live.
Lisa Montgomery could be one of the last people put to death by the Trump administration, which revived the federal death penalty.
HBCU students and alumni hope Harris raises the national profile and increases funding for their institutions.
The winner died before the election. The runner-up wants to join the 31 women in the state’s legislature.