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 ...

Hackman, 95, and Arakawa, 64, were found deceased in their New Mexico home on Wednesday morning. They were married for 34 ...

Reid’s speaking appearance at the luncheon came about three days after MSNBC’s abrupt restructuring resulted in the ...

The Golden 14 were attached to the USS Triton during World War I and served as the Navy's first enlisted Black women.

That diagnosis is disproportionately affecting black women in the U.S. and with deadly results. But a new study is looking to ...

Michelle Browder’s reproductive health advocacy has grown from her efforts to confront the realities of Mongtomery’s ...

Duckett is the first woman to lead the $46 billion insurance company after taking the reins in 2021, and is one of only two ...

The keynote speaker for the Black Excellence Awards is the first Black woman to be president of Aurora Health Care.