This article appears in the December 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. When the unemployment rate for African American women hit nearly 7 percent in August, alarms went off ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama has suspended the publication of two student-run magazines — one primarily focused on Black students and another on women’s issues — citing recent ...
Tanya Myers and Ashley Price are on a mission to tackle divides in health care service delivery and access for Black women and girls. The duo founded Baltimore-based Shaping Health Equity (SHE) in ...
In 1993, one of us began a prestigious internship at a federal agency. During orientation, a lineup of high-ranking officials, nearly all White, save one person of color, addressed the interns. When ...
PLYMOUTH, N.C. (WITN) - Crystal Davis made history Tuesday night when she was elected as Plymouth’s first Black female mayor, defeating incumbent Brian Roth in a three-way race. Davis won 364 votes ...
The chant that greeted Mary Sheffield on Detroit's primary election night rang true Tuesday: "First female mayor! First female mayor!" Detroit ― one of the country's Blackest cities ― finally joined ...
William Alfred Ismay, "Photograph of Ladi Kwali at a pottery demonstration in England" (c. 1970s), photograph (color) (courtesy York Museum Trust. The W.A. Ismay ...
Please, “SNL,” don’t forget about Black women… again. On Friday, Ego Nwodim announced she would be leaving “Saturday Night Live” after seven seasons, and with her exit comes a familiar, unsettling ...
BREAKING: Minnesota sues Trump administration to end deployment of thousands of immigration agents to the state news Alerts There are no new alerts at this time Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., is ...
As the American economy moves through choppy global waters of its own making, new data suggests that the country's precarious financial markets have already begun leaving one crucial demographic ...
This story was originally published in ESSENCE’s special 55th anniversary July/August 2025 issue, on stands now. It was the height of the Black Power Movement and the Vietnam War. This was an era when ...
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