At Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and University Hospital, physicians are advancing clinical care and enhancing the ...

Millete Birhanemaskel, owner of Whittier Cafe, roasts the beans that Leul serves. She, Leul and three other women represent a growing community of Ethiopian-Tigrayan coffee sellers who are bringing ...

Female home owners report feeling stuck between men’s contradictory expectations – they are told to be independent, but not assume the breadwinner role ...

There’s a new portrait hanging in the Vermont Statehouse, and it’s one that supporters say brings some long-overdue representation to the building’s historic art collection. Last week, workers ...

Istanbul was working its magic. I’d woken to the smell of saffron and oranges and spent the afternoon watching the sun set ...

Many later-life singles still want intimacy and companionship—but often find themselves navigating new emotional, family, and ...

Michelle Obama joins the 2026 ESSENCE Festival lineup with a live IMO: The Look conversation inside the Caesars Superdome.

It has been almost six years since Lynn Blignaut’s youngest daughter was thrown into a foreign prison, 10,000km from home, ...

The true events that inspired ITV's new drama 'Believe Me'. It’s every woman’s worst nightmare: getting into a black cab one ...

The U.S. has among the worst maternal and infant health outcomes in the developed world. The mental health of mothers may be ...

Maureen Footer’s new biography, “Feel the Floor,” shows how a little-known Black choreographer taught white stars all the ...

Former hairstylist seeks funds for bone marrow transplantA young woman is appealing to the public for assistance to help fund a bone marrow transplant in South Africa after being diagnosed with a rare ...