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

As Cynthia Erivo accepted her honors at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood awards, she offered up words of affirmation for ...

Last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the nation’s most senior military officer, Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown, a Black ...

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

Few know the significant role millions of women played during World War II efforts. Those women were called Rosie the ...

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

Under the dazzling lights of Hollywood, Black excellence took center stage at the 2025 Essence Black Women in Hollywood ...

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

Hackman, 95, and Arakawa, 64, were found deceased in their New Mexico home on Wednesday morning. They were married for 34 ...

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

Dr. Arlene Bennett was a pioneer for Black women at Penn's medical school after being the first to graduate in 1964.

Talented Black women throughout Hollywood were honored at the 18th annual ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards.