Victoria Uwumarogie
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How Black Women Are Reclaiming Joy, Power, And Safety In Birth
It’s Black Maternal Health Week. Here’s everything you should know to protect yourself and those you love. Black maternal health in the U.S. is still...
Postpartum Hemorrhage Is A Serious Risk—And Black Women Are Facing It More Often
It’s Black Maternal Health Week. Here’s everything you should know to protect yourself and those you love. As a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist, Kameelah Phillips,...
New Orleans Culinary Stars Share Their Picks For The Best Black-Owned Eateries And Bars In The Big Easy
This story is featured in the May/June 2025 issue of ESSENCE, available on April 24. There is no better way to find the best restaurants...
Op-Ed: How ‘Love & Basketball’ Rewrote The Rules On Balancing Romance And Ambition
It’s been 25 years to the day since Love & Basketball was released, and its power hasn’t faded. If anything, the film has only grown...
How Romance Author Jasmine Guillory Does Napa Valley
Jasmine Guillory knows how to write a great love story. The prolific New York Times best-selling author hooked us with her debut, The Wedding Date,...
She Nearly Died During Pregnancy. Now She’s Helping Other Black Expectant Moms Get The Support They Deserve.
It’s Black Maternal Health Week. Here’s everything you should know to protect yourself and those you love. “I don’t have 10 more weeks of this...
Reimagining Rehabilitation: Inside Sheriff Susan Hutson’s Bold Vision For New Orleans
This story appears in the May/June 2025 issue of ESSENCE, on newsstands April 24. On a sunny Sunday during the Carnival season, Orleans Parish Sheriff...
After The Storm: New Orleans Is Still Healing 20 Years After Katrina
This story appears in the May/June 2025 issue of ESSENCE, on newsstands April 24. “It was silent. I’d never heard the city so quiet. There...
‘It’s God, Family And Then Business’: Mielle Organics CEO Monique Rodriguez On Her Critics, Her Marriage And Her Faith
You can do it. You can have it all. That’s the message successful entrepreneur Monique Rodriguez is delivering to aspiring and burgeoning entrepreneurs, as well...
Had A Traumatic Birth Experience? You’re Not Alone.
It’s Black Maternal Health Week. Here’s everything you should know to protect yourself and those you love. When Tisheila Justice was pregnant with her twins...