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This story was originally published in ESSENCE’s special 55th anniversary July/August...
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The Black Girl’s Guide To Travel: 6 Destinations To Glow...
Every August, we celebrate National Wellness Month. It’s an excellent opportunity...
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Common Honors His Partner, Jennifer Hudson, Saying They’re...
Rapper Common isn’t letting up when it comes to his girlfriend Jennifer Hudson....
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ESScent Of The Week: Rare Beauty’s Rare Eau de Parfum Is...
When Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty announced they were venturing into fragrance, I’ll...
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4 Beauty Experts Share Their Top Mental Health & Wellness...
With therapy stigmatized and wellness seen as a privilege, mental health is often...
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Black Moms Can (BMC) Program Turns Everyday Mothers into...
Inclusion Solutions Incorporated (ISC) launches a people-powered alternative to...
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Black Women In Clinical Research (BWICR) Announces 3rd...
Nationwide — Black Women In Clinical Research (BWICR), the leading organization...
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Florida Man Arrested For Having Three Wives. None of Them...
Nationwide — Henry Betsey Jr., a 50-year-old African American man from Florida who...
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Black Teen Goes Missing While on Vacation, Sent His Mom...
Nationwide — An urgent search is underway for an 18-year-old African American teen...
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Black Mom and Son, Grocery Store Owners Raising Funds for...
Founder of Roots & Vine Produce & Café and Green Table Talks Launches Urgent Fundraiser...
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What I Learned From Dyeing My Virgin Natural Hair For the...
These days, it seems like every Black girl is dyeing her hair. From honey blonde...
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Indian comedian-actor Kapil Sharma’s Kap’s Cafe in Surrey...
Indo-Canadian Voice Indian comedian-actor Kapil Sharma’s Kap’s Cafe in Surrey shot...
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White Farmers on Trial for Killing Two Black Women, Then...
Nationwide — A White farm owner and his farm supervisor from South Africa are on...
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Jasmine Tookes’s ‘Everything Shower’ Secret? Drugstore...
Jasmine Tookes recently revealed the secret behind her supermodel skin—and it’s...
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Salt-N-Pepa Say Their Record Label is Blocking Their Music...
Nationwide — Hip-hop duo Salt-N-Pepa says fans can’t stream some of their hit songs...
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10-Year-Old Black Girl Farmer Makes History, Awarded Full...
Nationwide — Kendall Rae Johnson, a 10-year-old African American girl from Atlanta,...
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Malika Andrews Is Redefining Strength In Sports Journalism
When Malika Andrews sat down to chat with ESSENCE, she was seated in her car. There...
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This Founder Created A Self-Care Space For Black Women—Here...
For The Self Care Lab founder, Imani Murray, she didn’t grow up watching women treating...
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Trump Says Gayle King’s Career is Over and She Has “No...
Nationwide — Gayle King responded after Donald Trump claimed her career was “over”...
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After Losing Her Sister And Her Marriage, ABC News’s Somara...
The year 2024 shook Somara Theodore to her core. The ABC News meteorologist lost...
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‘A new world’: Trump’s tariff regime takes effect
Also in today’s newsletter, the top picks to be the Federal Reserve’s next chair
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Op-Ed: Not Everything Is For The Cameras—Especially Black...
Imagine the most intense altercation you’ve ever had with a close family member....
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Tariffs on dozens on countries take effect and Kremlin...
Plus, a Texas-based doctor fears her feud with UnitedHealthcare could force her...
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‘Keep It Private Until It’s Real’: La La Anthony Shares...
Actress and TV personality La La Anthony has been in the limelight for decades,...
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World braces for shakeup as Trump tariffs begin
Today: Sweeping U.S. tariffs kick in; Trump, Putin to face each other; Texas Dems...
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Trump's new tariffs take effect in trade war escalation
The US revised tariffs for much of the world and extended the deadline to strike...
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Who is Quornelius Radford? What we know about the Fort...
The 28-year-old Army sergeant was an automated logistics noncommissioned officer....
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United Airlines Grounds Flights In US Due To Technology...
Thousands of US passengers were facing delays Wednesday after United Airlines halted...
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Black Woman Entrepreneur to Make New York Fashion Week...
Nationwide — In a remarkable feat rarely seen in the world of luxury fashion, Black...
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14-Year-Old Teen Allegedly Shot and Killed His Parents...
Nationwide — Trevor Lee, a 14-year-old African American teen from Middleburg, Florida,...
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Woman Arrested for Buying Lamborghini While Receiving Medicaid...
Nationwide — Candace Taylor, an African American woman from Slidell, Louisiana,...
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Latto’s Apple Bottoms Drop Is Giving Peak 2000s Nostalgia
One year ago, Atlanta-bred rapper and artist Latto was spotted wearing Apple Bottoms...
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Phaedra Parks Takes Her Sons On An Unforgettable Cultural...
Phaedra Parks gets the mom of the year award for her recent decision to take her...
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What Sun Ra’s Fashion And Music Tells Us About Black Radicalism
Without the jazz musician, poet, and bandleader Sun Ra, the music industry would...
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Living Your Best (Love) Life: A 90-Day Formula To Attract...
With Love Island USA Season 7 wrapped, the Tea app buzzing, and cuffing season around...
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Eddie Murphy, Keke Palmer And Pete Davidson On ‘The Pickup’
In The Pickup, chaos, comedy, and high-octane action collide as Eddie Murphy, Keke...
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Chantel Christie Calls Her Mom Her ‘First Bully’ — Then...
Chantel Christie and her mom, Jackie Christie, had a viral moment that had the internet...
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Groundbreaking Documentary on HIV and Aging in the Black...
Nationwide — After more than ten years in development, Even Me the Journey, the...
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8-Year-Old Track Star Wins Double Gold in USATF Youth Junior...
Nationwide — 8-year-old track star Hope Bradley from Gwinnett County has captured...
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Portland Festival Celebrates Multicultural Films and Plays
The Pacific Northwest Multicultural Readers Series and Film Festival Features Celebrity...
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New Online Special Library Launches With a Focus on the...
Nationwide — An online special library called The Quiet House Library, has been...
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Sheryl Lee Ralph Renews Her Wedding Vows With Husband Vincent...
Sheryl Lee Ralph and Vincent Hughes are still going strong, decades later. The ‘Abbott...
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Candace Owens claims Donald Trump asked her to stop calling...
Candace Owens, the far-right media personality now facing a defamation lawsuit from...
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Black-Owned Art Gallery in New York City Has Been Championing...
Nationwide — Over the past forty years, Bill Hodges Gallery has continued to build...
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Black Woman Admitted to NYC Hospital Over 100 Days Ago,...
Nationwide — Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital in New York City is asking for the...
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Alabama Black Grandma Accuses Birmingham Judge and DHR...
Nationwide — Lucretia J. Scott, a devoted African American grandmother from Birmingham,...
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WATCH: Eddie Murphy, Keke Palmer And Pete Davidson Blend...
The film’s stars discuss working with each other, learning from director Tim Story,...
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When British Pews Are Empty, Don’t Blame the Mosque
Multiculturalism Isn’t the Threat, National Indifference Is By Olakunle Agboola – ...
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Watch MAGA politicians die inside as their voters turn...
Republicans may be in power right now, but that doesn't make them immune from criticism...
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These Lash Extensions Actually Worked For My Sensitive...
A good set of lashes can elevate or complete an already great makeup look. But the...
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Op-Ed: Parents, Being Proud That You Don’t Buy Your Kids...
A Florida-based mom is catching heat on TikTok for proudly sharing that she does...
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Black Author Releases New Children's Book About Friendship,...
A heartwarming new children’s book is galloping into the hearts of readers. Nationwide...
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Gay model arrested after his estranged husband was found...
Gay male model Donald Zieben-Hood has been arrested after his fitness trainer husband...
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These Are The Top Scalp Products For Braid Care
For a lot of us, spending more time outdoors and traveling means opting for more...
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Ice Cube's New "War of the Worlds" Movie Harshly Criticized,...
Nationwide — Ice Cube’s new sci-fi movie War of the Worlds is now streaming on Amazon...
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R&B Singer Monica and Her Beau, Anthony ‘Ant’ Wilson, May...
The boy is mine! R&B songstress Monica surprises her fans by seemingly tying the...
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Rapper Trick Daddy Criticized for Saying He's Not into...
Nationwide — Rapper Trick Daddy sparked backlash after revealing in an interview...
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The Price Of Silence: How Avoiding Death Conversations...
I’m going to hold your hand when I say this: we have to be prepared for death. ...
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Adulthood Is Ghetto: How Gen Z Is Finding New Ways To Win...
Gen-Z is learning the hard way that being an adult is well, ghetto, to say the least....
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Black Mom Remembers Her Young Son Killed While Subway Surfing...
Nationwide — Zackery Nazario, a 15-year-old African American teen from New York...
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Fast Fashion Isn’t Dying It’s Getting Better At Marketing
I imagine that fast fashion is appealing due to the relatability that comes with...
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Florida Black Mom Sent to Jail for 7 Days Because Her Lawn...
Nationwide — Irena Green, an African American woman from Tampa, Florida, ended up...
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Joy Sunday On ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 The Complex Character...
Class is back in session at Nevermore Academy—the supernatural outcasts of Netflix’s...
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UK government’s Chevening Scholarships is now open
Applications for prestigious Chevening Scholarships to study in the UK are open...
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Product Of The Week: Dosso Beauty Organic Edge Control
In an industry where there is an overwhelming amount of product launches daily,...
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Let’s Talk About Sex: 19 Ways To Boost Your Libido Again
Although we hope your summer has been entertaining and fruitful, some of us might...
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Black Patient May Become First Person in Louisiana to Be...
Nationwide — Daniel Cressy, a 22-year-old African American man from New Orleans,...
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Black Woman Survivor of Boating Accident in Bahamas Released...
Nationwide — Hannah Smith, a 22-year-old African American woman from Tennessee who...
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Black Mom's 3-Year-Old Son Beaten to Death By Her Boyfriend...
Nationwide — A St. Louis man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after admitting...
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7-Year-Old Black Boy Found Dead Inside a Washing Machine...
Nationwide — A man from Harris County, Texas, has been sentenced to 50 years in...
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38-Year-Old Black Man Sadly Died During a Hair Transplant...
Nationwide — Martyn Latchman, a 38-year-old man of African descent from Buckinghamshire,...
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Black Teen Becomes First Student in Texas to Complete Plumbing...
Nationwide — Carmelo Castle, an 18-year-old African American graduate from Woodville,...
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IN PHOTOS: Vancouver Punjabi Mela
Indo-Canadian Voice IN PHOTOS: Vancouver Punjabi Mela posted by: Rattan MallAt the...
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Trump Says Charlamagne Tha God is a Racist For Criticizing...
Nationwide — President Donald Trump took aim at popular radio personality Charlamagne...
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Ray J Speaks on Rumors About Him and Whitney Houston's...
Nationwide — Singer Ray J is clearing his name, denying long-running rumors that...
