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Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2022 HIV surveillance report indicates that among cisgender women, Black women accounted for 50% of HIV diagnoses. Among transgender women, Black…
Getty Images/ESSENCE The fashion industry is restless, shifting, and recalibrating. At least on the surface. Chanel, Balenciaga, Gucci, Loewe are some of the top fashion houses in the world with…
The Rest Spot Archives It started with two spare rooms and a radical question: “Does anybody want to rest?” When Jena Burgess Singleton posed that inquiry in a local moms’…
Getty Mother’s Day used to bring feelings of angst that would quickly morph into self-loathing. I’d daydream about how it would feel to be celebrated by a partner or honored…
When Devin L. White co-founded Blacktivity, he had one mission in mind—to create a space where Black stories, particularly those of Black women, are not just told, but celebrated in…
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – MAY 20: Kevin Liles, CEO of 300 Entertainment, Gayle King, Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland, Dawn Moore, First Lady of Maryland and Lisa Ellis attend Preakness 148…
Courtesy of Design Essentials Afros have long been a symbol of resistance, from Angela Davis and the Black Panther to Diana Ross and The Supremes. “The natural hair movement was…
Photo Courtesy: Kiandria Demone When video surfaced of a white woman named Shiloh Hendrix allegedly calling a Black child the n-word—and then raising over $600,000 in donations on GiveSendGo—many were…
Saul Williams. Photo Credit: Andrew Gura “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful and he will not let you be tempted beyond what…
Bre Johnson/WWD via Getty Images This week, expect beauty to get a reset. Happening in the heart of New York City this Friday, the 2025 BBR Beauty Summit, hosted by…