Prom has always been a rite of passage for people. Family members come to see you off. Big bucks are spent to get teens the…

Everyone says Black women should experience a solo trip at least once. But I take it a step further to say every Black woman should…

“What is going on?” I asked, my eyes welling with tears. I had just set my phone down in exasperation, my stomach knotted, after reading…

I was scrolling through IG the other day and whew! Homie in my Harlem neighborhood nailed it. Here he was, frolicking about in his yellow shirt,…

I was walking through the San Francisco airport, heading home from a weekend that felt like a rare exhale—good food, deep laughter, uninterrupted rest. The…

Former Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax, 47, and his wife, Cerina Fairfax, DDS, 49, were found dead in their Annandale, Virginia, home on April 16….

President Donald Trump has nominated Erica Schwartz, MD, to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The former deputy U.S. surgeon general and retired…

With Black maternal mortality rates remaining alarmingly high, a new wave of tech-driven solutions, including real-time advocacy app Pregnant and Black, is transforming how Black…

The 2026 ESSENCE Festival of Culture is returning to form, tapping four women whose work has long shaped how Black stories are told, tasted, and…

Tina Campbell, of the group Mary Mary, and her husband, Glendon “Teddy” Campbell, are calling it quits. At least, that seems to be the case…