Black Girl Caucus

Across income levels, across education levels, across professions, Black women are more likely to experience complications during pregnancy and childbirth. We are more likely to be dismissed when we raise concerns, more likely to have our pain minimized, and more likely to fall through the cracks in a system that was never designed with us at the center.

Trump’s proposed changes to professional degree classifications are being framed as routine updates—a neutral recalibration of what counts as a “professional” program. But once you look past the bureaucratic wording, the impact becomes clear: the degrees and pathways most used by Black women are the ones being redefined...

Black women face breast cancer differently—and the cost is too high. According to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, while Black women are diagnosed at similar rates to white women, we are 40% more likely to die from the disease (bcrf.org).