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With only 28 days each year devoted to reflecting on the history and contributions of Black Americans, it’s impossible to fit in the full scope of the Black experience in America. But while bestselling books like The 1619 Project, Four Hundred Souls, How the Word Is Passed, and The Warmth …

Every year when the Oscar nominations are announced, I have fun keeping an eye out for a particularly rare phenomenon: the “lone screenplay” nominee—that is, a movie that’s recognized only in the category of Best Original Screenplay or Best Adapted Screenplay. While every member of the Academy of Motion Picture …

In another historic first in November 2020, Georgia-native Artis Stevens was named the first Black CEO Of youth mentorship nonprofit Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. He shared with CNBC Make It that the first person that came to mind when receiving the title, was Ahmaud Arbery.  Hailing from the …

Jazmine Sullivan attends The “2021 Soul Train Awards” Presented By BET at World Famous Apollo on November 20, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)Photo: Dia Dipasupil (Getty Images) Ahead of its big show Saturday, Feb. 26, the NAACP Image Awards have spent all week handing out …

Niecy Nash and her wife Jessica Betts have made history as the first same-sex couple to cover Essence. “Making H E R S T O R Y 💫👑🖤” Nash, 52, wrote on Instagram on Thursday of the pair’s March/April 2022 cover. “Thank you @essence for choosing The Betts as your …

As a genre, self-help books promise that fulfillment can be attained by sheer individual will. That offer is seductive, and in the midst of a global pandemic and public distress, many readers have stocked up on titles that foreground individual healing, such as Bessel van der Kolk’s ever in-demand The …

The new year just started, but many of us are already planning for the next holiday. Tax season brings the accompanying hassle of making sure everything’s signed, sealed, and delivered before the dreaded filing deadline. However, if you’re one of the people who are expected to receive a refund, there’s …

Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden made history when he nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, to the Supreme Court of the United States. Nominated to serve as the fifth woman and first African American woman on the Supreme Court in the history of the …

Many people’s experience of work over the past two years, amid a global pandemic, has been one of invasion: Their job has infiltrated the personal sphere, colonizing space that used to be distinct. Apple TV+’s new series Severance jarringly reverses this impression. The show’s setup imagines a complete split between …

This Black History Month, LIFEWTR, a premium bottled water brand committed to advancing and showcasing all sources of creativity, celebrates and uplifts Black creatives who continue to shift the culture of today and reimagine the future of tomorrow through the latest chapter of its Black Art Rising initiative.  Actress and …