Malaika Jabali
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‘No Empire Lasts Forever’: Here’s What Gives These ESSENCE ‘Black Futures Now’ Honorees Hope For Our Future
ESSENCE closed out Black History Month with a fiery conversation on our radical Black future. The panel featured some of the honorees on the inaugural...
“We’re Battling Just To Keep Our Family Whole”: Black D.C. Parents Detail Struggle To Prove Child Is Theirs After Home Birth
Teresa Williams and Jeff Williams’ son JJ was “born in an inflatable tub in his Southwest D.C. living room in August 2022 without any medical...
OP-ED: We Must Hold The Biden Administration Accountable To The Black Community On Marijuana Reform
No one should be in jail or arrested for marijuana. Yet, despite evidence that white and Black communities use marijuana at similar rates, Black people are...
‘We Don’t Have To Accept The Status Quo’: Young Black Organizers Are Fighting Hard To Protect Reproductive Rights
After Roe v. Wade was overturned, reproductive justice and women’s health care is more important than ever, especially with 2024 being an election year. Unfortunately,...
New Ruling Says Home Depot Broke The Law When It Barred Workers From Wearing BLM Logos On Uniforms
The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that Home Depot violated the law by firing an employee who refused to remove the letters “BLM,” the...
11-Year-Old Detroit Girl Killed In Drive-By Shooting While Sleeping
Lamara Glenn, an 11-year-old girl who was injured in a drive-by shooting last week in Detroit, has died. “Now, I have nothing. They took my...
Is North Carolina About To Abolish The Death Penalty?
North Carolina might be abolishing the death penalty, and it’s all because of a Black man. This week, a North Carolina trial court in Johnston...
New Jersey Town Settles With Family After Black Teen Singled Out In Mall Fight
In February 2022, a video of the police singling out a Black teen who was involved in a fight at a New Jersey mall went...
In 2024 And Beyond, Women Of Color Are Voting For Gun Safety
In every election cycle, a familiar question emerges: how do we energize Black and brown voters? And while the question can often be a reductive...
‘A Lot Of Black People Are Wondering, What Are We Getting For Our Loyalty?’ ESSENCE Black Futures Now Honorees Speak Candidly About The Upcoming Election
In the run-up to the 2024 presidential election, ESSENCE Contributing News and Politics Editor Melissa Noel sat down with two of our inaugural Black Futures...