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Meet These 75 Black-Owned Beauty Brand Founders
It’s great to see publications across the country promoting Black-owned beauty brands as ESSENCE has been doing for the past 70 years. While it’s unfortunate...
Why Tammy Franklin Is Truly Hubby Kirk Franklin’s Biggest Fan
Listen to Kirk and Tammy Franklin’s full episode of ESSENCE Podcast Network’s Yes, Girl! Podcast here: The world cannot get enough of The Franklins. Just...
Our Culture Is “Ghetto” Until Proven Fashionable
Throughout popular culture, we often see trends created by Black women, usually deemed ghetto, co-opted by white women, and filtered into the mainstream. From gold...
Get Lost: 72 Hours In SoCal (With Your Little Ones in Tow)
Children are catching flights just as frequently as grown folk are, and it’s pretty fascinating to witness. They have passports, own customized luggage and roam...
Get Lost: 72 Hours in Stockholm
Amsterdam, London and Paris are cool, but there are other innovative European cities that we should be hitting. Stockholm is one of them. The capital...
Rihanna’s Fenty Label Kicks Off Its June Releases
After going completely dark last week to honor the individuals who have been recently killed by police brutality and white supremacy, Rihanna’s Fenty label has...
Nancy Pelosi On Confederate Statues In U.S. Capitol: Take Them All Down
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is ready to see 11 statues depicting Confederate soldiers and officials removed from the U.S. Capitol. On Wednesday, the Congresswoman from...
Ohio Senator Asks If ‘Colored Population’ Impacted More By COVID Because They Don’t Wash Hands Well
Some things you can’t make up. Like the fact that Ohio state Sen. Steve Huffman, a Republican, questioned whether the higher rates of the coronavirus...
Trump Sends Dog-Whistle To Base With Tulsa Rally On Juneteenth
Donald Trump is leaving his bunker at the White House and getting back on the road to campaign for another four more years as the...
Porsha Williams Reveals She Was Chased By The KKK At 6 Years Old
As the grandchild of a civil rights activist, Porsha Williams recently revealed that her first experiences with racism happened at the tender age of 6...