Featuring a broad cross-section of women who have distinguished themselves across a rich variety of careers, our Portraits of Power series is a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Black Enterprise, and of black women. It’s a place for today’s businesswomen to share their own favorite images and their own …

Vanessa Bryant celebrated her 38th birthday on Tuesday (May 5) and the day came with a surprise birthday gift.  Bryant discovered a sentimental letter from her late husband and NBA Lakers legend, Kobe Bryant, nearly four months after he, their daughter Gianna and seven others died in a helicopter crash..  …

Gregory and Travis McMichael have been arrested and charged for the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the Georgia Bureau of Investigations announced in a press release. The white father-son duo who made headlines for chasing down and shooting an unarmed black man while he was jogging in a Georgia neighborhood …

Photo: The Arbery Family (via CNN On Tuesday, video was released showing the graphic shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery. As the video went viral, public outcry intensified with many outraged that the men responsible hadn’t been arrested or faced any charges. CNN reports that Gregory McMichael and his son Travis …

The same day video was released of a Black man in Georgia getting shot and killed by two white men in broad daylight while he was out jogging, Reagan Gomez learned her husband had a frightening encounter with police on his way home from work. In a series of tweets, …

Baltimore Ravens safety Earl Thomas had a wild run-in with his wife last month which involved her pointing a loaded gun to his head and her getting arrested. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, the domestic altercation occurred on April 13th at an Austin, Texas AirBnB after Nina …

Experts say yes to the first question, “but cautiously, while maintaining social distance,” Joe writes—and preferably outdoors. That means no hugs. “There are so many friends I would love to hug right now, but it’s a no,” a public-health professor said. Can I drive or fly to other cities? “If …

Ashley “Ms. Minnie” Ross, the 34-year-old star of Lifetime’s Little Women: Atlanta was driving a car that went into the opposite lane on the road in South Fulton, Georgia on April 27 when it collided with a car in oncoming traffic.  TMZ reports that while traveling southbound, her steering wheel …

A police officer in Birmingham, Alabama is under investigation after video footage surfaced showing him body-slamming a Walmart customer for allegedly refusing to wear a face mask. According to AL.com, the incident happened Tuesday night (May 6) while the off-duty cop was moonlighting as a security guard at a …

Black women have had to become experts at wearing different masks; developing one persona during working hours contrasted by another persona once comfortably in the confines of safe, Black spaces. In the documentary film, Gloves Off, co-directors ​Nadine Natour and Ugonna Okpalaoka ​explore a new shift in the art of …