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.