Cancer has claimed the lives of many celebrities over the decades. Most heartbreaking are the stars who died young, like ...

Some people might say the best part of sports is winning, bringing home the gold, or even dominating the competition. However, sports movies show us it’s much more than just what happens on the field ...

The history-laden style movement will be front and center at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, whose spring exhibit ...

Mara Brock Akil reimagines a controversial tale of teen sexual awakening in the sumptuous new Netflix series Forever.

Black women have served as the driving force and the foundation of many of the most transformative and important movements.

Under Mayor Ras Baraka, Newark has endured crises — lead in the city’s water and the recent fatal shooting of a police ...

Gwendolyn Brooks grew up in a South Side house full of books and was a poet from an early age, eventually becoming the first ...

For National Humor Month, a look back at the fearless women who’ve used comedy to challenge stereotypes, break barriers, and ...

Triple negative breast cancer is aggressive and hard to treat. It also disproportionately affects Black women. A University ...

From the United Nations to ESSENCE Fest, this global art exhibition unites voices across the African diaspora through ...

The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, known as the “Six Triple Eight,” was honored Tuesday ...