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 who are ...

I once lived in a Black mecca. But by the summer of 2022, my toddler son and I were often the only Black folks on the playground in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a fact that felt both alienating and surreal. We ...

South Florida is in for a warm and mostly dry weekend, but a shift in the weather pattern is on the way.Early this morning, patchy fog may reduce visibility in St. John Paul II hosts King's Academy in ...

If you’ve ever owned a Conure, or known someone who has, you already know these birds are tiny clowns with big personalities, and even bigger opinions about where they want to hang out. In this ...

Black student unions have been a vital part of many Black college students’ lives for more than 60 years. But since 2024, Black student unions have lost their institutional support, campus space and ...

Construction workers dismantle the Black Lives Matter plaza near the White House on March 10, 2025. I grew up in a home surrounded by American history books and parents keen on teaching me Black ...

Federal layoffs and an end to diversity initiatives have weakened a historically strong labor market for Black workers. By Lydia DePillis Reporting from New York Joblessness for Black workers is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the intersection of leadership, culture & equity in business. When Lanny Smith, founder of Actively Black, closed out his ...

Over 60 years after its release, the Moynihan report remains the most consequential—and controversial—analysis of the black family in American history. One explanation for its continued relevance is ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Amid a broad slackening of the U.S. labor market, and in spite of ...

August, which is heralded as Black Business Month, should have been a time to celebrate the Black labor force. But last month’s jobs report showed unemployment rates increased for Black workers — and ...

Group Black is launching a new venture beyond its original focus on Black-owned media. Insiders said the company struggled amid corporate retreats from DEI pledges. The new venture, Portrait Media ...