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How This Community Organizer Is Using Data To Confront Education Inequity for Black Students

Black children are suffering in public schools, and the effects of institutional racism are paralyzing potential. A meta-analysis...

This Marketing Executive Shares How She Built A Career Centering The Black Experience And Why Self-C

"If you enjoyed the viral 2022 Hip Hop Awards Social Ciphers or the Road To Soul Train Awards’ carpool karaoke-style clips featuring City...

6 Black Influencers to Follow for Healthy Eating Inspiration

Whom you follow on social media may play a role in whether you make or break your health and weight loss goals. Getty Images You probably...

Financial Equity But Make It Fashion: Felisha Noel Talks Black Women's Equal Pay Day

Felisha Noel's 2022 NYFW show was a gorgeous, duplicitous commentary on loss. Her beloved womenswear brand Fe Noel featured hauntingly...

K-Cup #9 "Will the Real YOU Please Stand Up"

Being the real you is nothing short of being the awesome and incredibly brilliant person you were created to be. Stop letting others...

If Your Days Are Consistently Stressful, Change The Way You Start Them

September is Self-Care Awareness Month. To observe it, every week we’re speaking with experts in mental health and wellness to offer...

Success Is Not For The Lazy - It's For The Crazy!

I love the term crazy. It has a certain ring of passion and commitment to it. Like when you’re crazy in love and you can’t see yourself...

"Power Of The Sister Vote" Poll On The Issues That Matter To Black Women

ESSENCE.COM This annual survey checks the temperature of black women voters, and respondents are heated about economic anxiety and...

Stop Asking Black People If You Can Touch Their Hair

A recently viral video has reignited the debate about Black hair and the politics surrounding it. Photo by Anna Shvets: In a Twitter...