As Cynthia Erivo accepted her honors at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood awards, she offered up words of affirmation for ...

Persistent wage and wealth gaps make it harder for Black Americans to retire on a similar timeline to their white peers.

Under the dazzling lights of Hollywood, Black excellence took center stage at the 2025 Essence Black Women in Hollywood ...

Last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the nation’s most senior military officer, Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown, a Black ...

As with the Black experience in full, laughter, tears and abject horror stroll hand in hand in “Confederates.” It’s a ...

La Tasha C. Williams won 48.2% of the vote when she ran for office in 2023. Now, she’s back and running again.

Discover business grants designed to empower Black women entrepreneurs and support their small business growth.

Linda Blount, president of the Atlanta-based Black Women’s Health Imperative, which aims to improve the health of Black women ...

Anietie Aliu, lead author of the research, said: "Black women deserve better from the scientific and health communities". The ...

Dr. Arlene Bennett was a pioneer for Black women at Penn's medical school after being the first to graduate in 1964.

TV's chief meteorologist, Ashley Brown Elliott says she was fired after questioning how the station treats Black women.

Since her diagnosis, Pearce has thrown herself into educating the Black community, and anyone else she can, on breast cancer.