Phylicia Rashad has joined the cast as an aristocratic matriarch. In an interview, she, Audra McDonald and Denée Benton ...

Why do rural adults and racial and ethnic minorities with vascular disease get major leg amputations more often? A new study ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones and Rashad Robinson warn that viral moments and representation aren’t enough to withstand civil rights rollbacks—and call for new models for lasting impact.

From Little Africa to the jazz cafes where Josephine Baker performed, here’s where to immerse yourself in the art, food, and ...

In 2020, the world marched. People poured into streets to protest racial injustice. Social media feeds turned into ...

The deaf community was plagued by racial segregation, so Black Americans decided to create their own rendition of the ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Honoree Fanonne Jeffers about her new book Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings.

ESSENCE celebrates the changemakers shaping a bold, Black future today during Black History Month. With our second annual “Black Futures Now” list, we’re honoring a select group of leaders ...

In OSA, oxygen desaturation respiratory events during REM sleep occur more often in Black adults, especially Black women, than in White adults.

There is a tragedy happening in the Black community — like watching a car crash in slow motion. This generation of Black kids ...

A man armed with a samurai sword who killed a teenager on his way to school and injured five other people in a London rampage has been convicted of murder.

It is often said music is the universal language of humanity. Now a 12-year-old Houston boy is putting that to the test among an unlikely audience — man’s best friend.