“When people talk about black girl magic, we got it going on here in the city of Chicago,” says Merry Green, creator…
We talk about it. We joke about it. We resent it. We reinforce it. We rage about it.
No matter which way the wind blows in Chicago today, voters will make history by electing a black woman mayor.
Who dat? Oh, she’s just a Professional Black Girl, back home in New Orleans for Season 2!
Actor Lorraine Toussaint got a call from director Julie Taymor, who was working on a biopic, The Glorias: A Life on the…
It appears that at The Hollywood Reporter there is at least one writer whose common sense is light as a feather, while…
Who’s “The Boss”? According to activism apparel brand Phenomenal Woman, we are—and like today’s birthday diva Diana…
She’s helped amplify countless black voices across the world, and now, Alicia Garza will have an even larger platform.…
On Friday, the Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) released the findings of its sixth annual report (PDF), assessing the…
“Every Nigga Is a Star” read Issa Rae’s sash as she posed on the red carpet in her role as host of the 2018 Council of…
We sit around the dining room table on the cusp of the itis. Somehow we gather enough energy to keep the party going…
New York Times Magazine staff writer Nikole Hannah-Jones considers Ida B. Wells her spiritual grandmother.
It takes a queen to teach a queen.
Black women singing the praises of other black women is truly a beautiful thing—and one we can’t get enough of here at…
It was a moment we should’ve been wholly proud of.
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, the first black woman supreme court justice to lead the state Supreme Court, was sworn in…
The competition may be fierce for Hollywood’s top honors on Oscars Sunday, but at the annual Essence Black Women in…
We’ve all heard the black woman motto around this clusterfuck of a world that needs fixing: “Fine, I’ll do it.” But…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—When Maya Rupert walked into then-Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro’s office with…
Former members of Alabama State University’s Stingettes dance team are using their talents to instill confidence and…
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