Hope Hull’s Ella Langley is the Academy of Country Music’s New Female Artist of the Year, reports AL.com’s Mary Colurso.

A social worker, she became a Democratic Party insider and joined President Bill Clinton’s cabinet during his second term.

Ms. Herman’s ascent in Washington began as head of the Labor Department women’s bureau in the Carter administration in the ...

Former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman died on Friday at the age of 77. Herman made history as the first Black person to hold ...

Civil rights groups, labor organizations and politicians praised Alexis Herman as a "trailblazer" who fought for the rights ...

Tributes are rolling in to honor the life of former U.S. Labor Secretary and Mobile native Alexis Herman. Central and ...

Alexis M. Herman, who served as labor secretary from 1997 to 2001 under former President Bill Clinton, died Friday. She was ...

Former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, a trailblazer for African American women in public service, has died at 77. She was a pioneer in the civil service.

Former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman died on Friday at the age of 77. Herman made history as the first Black person to hold the role after former President Bill Clinton nominated her to the post ...

Alexis Herman, a trailblazing figure in American politics and the first African American to serve as U.S. Secretary of Labor, died Thursday at 76. Her death prompted an outpouring of tributes ...

Alexis Herman, the first Black U.S. Secretary of Labor, died Friday at the age of 77. Herman, a native of Mobile, served as the labor secretary in President Bill Clinton’s administration in 1997 ...