A Massachusetts native made history as the first American woman to cross-country ski to the South Pole unsupported and solo.

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez for KFF Health News. Broadcast version by Mark Richardson for Arizona News Connection reporting ...

The bill was derailed in the House by now-retired Rep. Bob Goodlatte. Two senators reintroduced a bill Monday that aims to strengthen protections for Native American women, who face above-average ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A candidate who failed to win a Democratic National Committee leadership role is challenging her defeat — the first threat to DNC ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Indigenous and Black women delivered in lower quality hospitals in the U.S. compared with white women. Data ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Members of the Native American Women Warriors, the nation’s first all-women Native American color guard, stand in a row wearing jingle dresses, ...

When viewers first see her, Rose, a Native American woman in her 60s, is inside her second-hand shop in the town of Derry, Maine, in 1962. She speaks with another character about the woman’s son. The ...

For the last 13 years, Marcella Hadden worked as a photographer in Isabella County specializing in images of newborns, ...

Rep. Bob Goodlatte is standing between the bill's passage and failure. In the waning days of their congressional careers, two lawmakers are waging a war to solidify their legacies, and a bill to ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. This story comes to you from Sahan Journal, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to ...

Her name may not be well known, but Bessie Stringfield’s prowess and bravado on a motorcycle are legendary. Stringfield taught herself to ride a motorcycle as a teen. She went on to become the first ...

Judy Risling holds a photograph of her daughter Emmilee Risling, who disappeared on or near the Yurok Reservation in October 2021. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) In recent weeks, survivors of ...