My Black Is Beautiful (MBIB), a community of Black women who celebrate everything that makes them beautiful, is launching a 30-day “Beauty in Action” challenge that…
First Lt. Dina Elosiebo took the motivational phrase, “reach for the stars,” to all new heights this month after making military history. After completing Initial Entry…
What better time to celebrate the many remarkable accomplishments and unsung legacies of our women sheroes than during National Women’s History Month? Taking place throughout…
The US Women’s Bobsled Team Initial criticisms deemed this year’s winter Olympics a $50 billion debacle, highlighting reports of poor preparation, terrorism threats and LGBT…
Nadia Lewis and Jamila Ahmed are two students at Fresno State University in California who have made history by being the first Black women to…
Roland Martin talks with Dr. Janna Andrews and singer Kelly Price about breast cancer’s impact on Black women. White women are more likely to get a…
Essence magazine recently conducted a study where they had 1,200 Black women keep a visual journal of any instance of a well-balanced Black woman in…
Over the July 4th weekend, I was in New Orleans with about 500,000 others. It was the Essence Music Festival, and as a 33-year-old Black…
According to a new study published by Wake Forest University School of Medicine, scientists discovered that two out of every five Black women or 40…
During an interview with television personality/journalist Jacque Reid last week, civil rights activist Angela Davis announced a new campaign, “Bury the Ratchet,” aimed at improving the depictions of Black women in mainstream media. The “Bury the Ratchet” campaign specifically targets Black women who live right here in Atlanta, because of reality shows such as The […]
Atlanta is in the midst of a crisis because the rate in which African-American women in the city are being infected with HIV is now being compared to some third world countries. Studies have shown that black women now make up 60 percent of newly reported HIV cases. The CDC has reported that 1 of […]
