On this week’s episode, we talk to Jasmine Nelson, Founder of Umber by J Lenay. Jasmine Nelson is making major waves in the Beauty industry by tackling an underserved and […] The post WATCH: This Black Women Created a Solution for Unwanted Facial Hair appeared first on Essence.

When society envisions the role of a single mother, it often conjures images steeped in struggle and survival. But Black women are rewriting that narrative, demonstrating that single motherhood and […] The post The Single Mompreneurs’ Manifesto: How Black Women Are Balancing Business and Babies on Their Own Terms appeared first on Essence.

Ras Baraka has been protesting the opening of the facility throughout this week, saying its operators did not get proper permits.

A district court judge ordered the Tufts Ph.D. student to be released on bail after more than six weeks in detention for merely writing an op-ed in her student newspaper.