Shelby Stewart
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NFL Legends, YouTube’s Biggest Streamers And More Show Off Their Football Skills Hours Before The Big Game
As anticipation builds on the eve of the biggest football game of the year, the Super Bowl LIX Flag Football Game proved to be an...
NFL’s DEI Efforts On Full Display At 4th Annual Night Of Pride With GLAAD
Amid recent efforts to challenge, or in some cases, completely erase the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), the National Football League (NFL) remains...
Dr. Contessa Metcalfe On Her Return To Reality TV: ‘Our Marriage Probably Wouldn’t Have Made It’
Dr. Contessa Metcalfe, a former flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy, is a force of nature. Known for her emotional intelligence and discipline, Contessa’s career...
A Tribute To NOLA
Dear New Orleans is a visual love letter to the city’s culture, traditions, and people. Created in collaboration with ESSENCE, the 10-minute film by Edward Buckles...
Health Innovators Create Solutions To Address Heart Disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be one of the leading causes of death in the United States, claiming over 929,000 lives annually—enough to fill 222...
The Women’s Playbook
This story first appeared in the 2025 January/February issue of ESSENCE, on stands now. When you scan the history books for stories of athletic feats,...
GloRilla Is Rihanna’s New Fenty Muse—And She’s Bringing The Glow Up With Her
When Rihanna calls, you answer. And when she taps you to be the first-ever joint partner across all of her Fenty empires—Savage X, Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin,...
Married To Medicine Season 11, Episode 10: From Crashing Waves To Crashing Out
This week on Married To Medicine, the couples’ Key West getaway kicks off with a relay race that quickly turns into pure chaos. Dr. Gregory...
Beyoncé Announces ‘Cowboy Carter’ Tour, Kicking Off In 2025
Beyoncé is officially hitting the road again. Just a day after making history at the Grammys—where she became the most-awarded artist in the ceremony’s history...
Kansas City Chiefs Launch Black History Month Series
The Kansas City Chiefs’ Heart of the Kingdom campaign is more than just a tribute—it’s a powerful acknowledgment of the Black women whose influence has...