Amanda Gorman presented her poem “We Rise” at Variety’s Power of Women event presented by Lifetime, in which the 23-year-old encouraged women to rise up and speak their truth and strength into power.

Renée Watson is a best-selling author, educator and activist. Her poetry and fiction often center on the experiences of black girls and women. Poetry has been speaking to me and for me these days. It ...

Muslim women are powerful and can choose to wear a headscarf or not, says RadioActive’s Rahmah Abdulazeez. Rahmah wrote a poem about how she deals with discrimination as a hijabi in the United States.

NEW HAVEN — A local educator’s poem about a woman whose unique cells changed the history of medicine without her ever knowing about it, was read by him at the kickoff of an international, yearlong ...

As part of our series “Read T a Poem,” the actress performs a work by Maya Angelou. By Mimi Vu Over her nearly 40-year career, Vanessa Williams has proved herself to be a master of reinvention. In ...

FISHERS, Ind. (WISH) — A Fishers woman who serves her community as a counselor and life coach, also writes poetry in her spare time. Thursday she shared a poem she wrote in memory of George Floyd.

I just want to start by thanking Glamour for letting me be in this room, in this and to be in community in this sisterhood with you this morning. It is the best part of my week, and maybe the best ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - "From Sea to Shining Sea: Voices Rising from the Graves" by Ruby J. Montgomery navigates the harrowing depths of America’s tragic past and how slaves emerged with a strength ...

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