T. Shawn Taylor

Kimberley Locke, recording artist and former "American Idol" contestant (she came in third behind Clay Aiken) recently was named lead model and spokeswoman for plus-size retailer Lane Bryant and Seven7...

Here's a novel way to help shrink the gender wage gap: paid maternity leave. Research from several sources has shown that the time women take off work to raise children...

Oprah Winfrey's belief that racial overtones were behind the after-hours snub she received at Hermes' Paris boutique had some saying she was overreacting. But a new marketing study could offer...

Conservative and liberal female commentators traded views last week over opinions expressed in "It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good" (ISI Books) by Sen. Rick Santorum, a conservative...

Before I met my husband, I spent many a New Year's Eves dateless and miserable. But the eve of 1989 was by far the worst, yet one of the most...

Access is the precursor to change, but organizations that support women of color often lack chances to hobnob with decision-makers and thus affect policy and raise money. To give these...

A much-anticipated poetry reading turned sour Monday night. But the words didn't get in the way -- it was the cover charge. Neo-soul singer Jill Scott, in town to promote...

In 2002, Johanna Wagner lived an adolescent boy's dream: She visited all of the nation's major-league baseball parks. Now her favorite, PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, graces the...

"Desperate Housewives," ABC's hit dark comedy-drama, is being called "Sex and the City" for married women. The housewives bear some similarities to the four gal pals from "Sex," but the...