Black Women Are Cautiously Optimistic About the Future of the CROWN Act
By Kayla Greaves, In Style
When I first heard the news of the CROWN Act just over a year ago, I was torn.
On …
16-Year Old Entrepreneur Makes History, Opens Beauty Supply Shop In Brooklyn
By Black Business
At the age of 16, Paris McKenzie has opened her own beauty supply shop called Paris Beauty Supplyz in Brooklyn, New …
Original Play About Dark Skin, Colorism & Darkism Comes to Pay-Per-View
Nationwide — Rashida Strober is the first dark skin woman to put colorism and dark skin on the map through a concept and brand …
When Your Zip Code Determines Whether You Live or Die
Amber Isaac Photo: Courtesy Bruce McIntyre/The City
By Irin Carmon, NY Mag
On April 17, 26-year-old graduate student Amber Isaac tweeted, “Can’t wait to …
Instead of Welcoming a Baby, Black Pregnant Women Are Dying
By Marilyn Silverman
Your doctor has wonderful news for you—you’re pregnant. Both you and your partner happily count the days until you will welcome …
Medicare For All Will Help Improve The Lives Of Black Women
In an exclusive Op-Ed, Bernie Sanders explains why black women will benefit from Medicare for all.
By Sen. Bernie Sanders
It is impossible for any rational person to deny that our current healthcare system is dysfunctional and cruel. As a …
Current Miss Universe, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA Reflect on a Time ‘We Literally Could Not Win’
Miss Teen USA Kaliegh Garris, Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi, and Miss USA Cheslie Kryst Photo: ABC
For the first time in the pageant world’s …
It’s Time To Build Lasting Power for Black Women
By Pete Buttigieg, ESSENCE
2020 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PETE BUTTIGIEG HAS RELEASED A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO BUILD AND SECURE POWER FOR BLACK WOMEN …
Being black in Nazi Germany
Film director Amma Asante came across an old photograph taken in Nazi Germany of a black schoolgirl by chance.…
Black Beauty and the Brazilian Butt Lift
Brazilian Butt Lift is modeled on black female bodies.
By BBC
Twenty-three-year-old Shami wants a Brazilian Butt Lift, even though the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons said it was the most dangerous …