The former First Lady will open the evening concert series on July 3 with a live conversation about style, identity, and her newest book at the Caesars Superdome.
Michelle Obama is officially joining the 2026 Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans, and the announcement changes the entire conversation around what this year's event…
Something meaningful is happening in the lives of many Black women across the country and it has four legs, a wagging tail and an uncanny ability to know exactly when it is needed most. Dog motherhood, once a casual lifestyle choice, is quietly becoming a profound source of emotional healing, personal identity and an expanding…
At a Martha's Vineyard town hall, advocates and survivors broke down how money gets weaponized in abusive relationships and what communities can do about it.
Domestic violence leaves marks that courts and hospitals can document. Financial abuse rarely does. No visible injury results from a partner who drains a bank account, tanks a credit score…
Behind the contracts, titles and hard-won respect, a quieter crisis is building, and it has less to do with ambition than with the systems Black women are expected to thrive inside.
For a growing number of Black women in business leadership, the version of success they worked toward is making them burnout in ways…
Spelman College, the crown jewel of historically Black colleges and universities, finds itself at the center of an unexpected storm not over academics or activism, but over a pageant crown. For the first time in the 43 year history of the Miss Spelman pageant, two queens will share the title for the 2026-27 academic year,…
Italian luxury house Miu Miu tapped Gauff to front the campaign for its new Vivant leather bag, a reimagined bowler-style carryall from the brand's Spring/Summer 2026 collection. The shoot took place on her family's backyard tennis court and presented Gauff in a preppy red polo, a dark navy technical skirt, minimal makeup and her hair…
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes with dating as a Black woman. It sits somewhere between the pressure to be strong and the quiet longing to be held. Between navigating double standards and refusing to let them win. Between wanting love and not wanting to lose yourself chasing it.
None of that…

