Asha Bandele reflects on ESSENCE and Susan L. Taylor’s work to uplift Black children through the National CARES Mentoring Movement.

Rosalind Fox Solomon made haunting photographs for 50 years. She told us about her trajectory from Tennessee housewife to ...

Blockbuster albums have dominated the charts in 2025. Look at the Billboard Hot 100 at various points this year and you’d ...

Factory Theater has outdone itself with this world premiere production that not only moves, teaches and entertains us, but ...

The U.S. military struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, inserting itself into Israel’s effort to decapitating Iran’s ...

Valerie: The defining moment for me was seeing a picture of myself at my 30th birthday party in Miami (pink dress.) I was in shock and pretty upset with myself. How did I get to 280lbs?!? Seeing that ...