Amara La Negra shares her journey of embracing her natural hair and her thoughts on the policing of Black women's hair.

Patti LaBelle, Women in Harmony Awards, National Urban League, Essence Festival, Mara Brock Akil, Jasmine Crockett, Danessa ...

Black Americans’ call to sit out of Trump protests and marches post-election hasn’t exactly translated to inaction.

Unemployment among Black Americans reached its highest level in over three years, according to the latest job report.

Meet Kyle and Carmen Grier, the community leaders bringing new life to the town of Idlewild through youth programs, wellness ...

The Atlanta Voice won multiple awards at the annual National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Messenger Awards.

ESSENCE celebrates the changemakers shaping a bold, Black future today during Black History Month. With our second annual “Black Futures Now” list, we’re honoring a select group of leaders ...

Howard University and Google are teaming up to change speech recognition for Black Americans through a partnership called ...

Updated June 23, 2025 at 00:57 AM ET On Friday, the Trump administration issued mass layoff notices gutting the agency that owns the Voice of America and funds its sister news outlets. That same ...

Senior White House adviser Kari Lake issued mass layoff notices Friday to 639 employees of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the federal outlet which owns the Voice of America and through which ...

Layoff notices were sent Friday to 639 employees of Voice of America and the U.S. agency that oversees it, effectively shutting down the outlet that has provided news to countries around the world ...

Layoff notices have been delivered to hundreds of employees at the Voice of America outlet, including the Persian-language service that was called off leave last week to beam news of the Middle ...