Some Chicago murals “are political, and some are purely beautiful, and most are somewhere in between," artist Cyd Smillie says.

In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided to ask the prisoners in the Women’s House of Detention on Rikers Island ...

The Columbus native helped the city to define itself and continues to influence artists worldwide posthumously.

An incredible image of a brave Iranian smiling with a noose around his neck ... Another heart-wrenching image captured a young girl in a pink outfit watching on as Majid was killed before her ...

The American Cancer Society's latest cancer report shows both positive and concerning trends: overall cancer deaths are down but the number of women and young adults with cancer is up. The annual ...

Unwilling to deal with the emotional – and physical – toll of loneliness, Joseph has set out to help people find friends (Chanté Joseph/Instagram) I also remember those greyscale Age UK ...

The face of cancer in the U.S. is getting younger—and more feminine. Cancer rates for women in the U.S. have risen over the past half-century, particularly among women under age 65 diagnosed ...

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The cancer burden in the United States is shifting towards women and younger people, a new American Cancer Society study released Thursday shows, with disease rates in one group—women aged 50 to ...

Charmella Roark remembers the shock that stopped her in her tracks when she learned about her younger sister’s cancer diagnosis. In 2018, Kiki Roark wrote in their family’s group text that she ...

“Why not an art competition strictly for women, which we’ve never had in the country before?” She asserts, “Women have so much power, they have so much vision, they have so much to say but ...

Games Car rental Although the risk of dying from cancer continues to fall, new cancer cases are increasing, especially among women and younger adults ... Cancer continues to rise among young and ...