Ladies of Virtue offers mentoring, leadership development, and mental health support to help Black girls become confident, ...

Rosie the Riveters is a term to describe women who took on industrial and government jobs during WWII. Millions of women ...

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 ...

The 2025 ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards is an annual celebration that honors pioneering and talented Black women in ...

Persistent wage and wealth gaps make it harder for Black Americans to retire on a similar timeline to their white peers.

A recent Netflix movie shines a light on the Six Triple Eight. It was the only predominantly Black Women's Army Corps unit ...

As with the Black experience in full, laughter, tears and abject horror stroll hand in hand in “Confederates.” It’s a ...

Linda Blount, president of the Atlanta-based Black Women’s Health Imperative, which aims to improve the health of Black women ...

Anietie Aliu, lead author of the research, said: "Black women deserve better from the scientific and health communities". 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 ...