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If 'Daddyless Daughters' has as much impact as 'Fatherless Sons' did, by encouraging important revelations about the fall out of…
ESSAY - We may never be able to debunk the myth of the Angry Black Woman -- but we can…
ESSAY - I can fully appreciate Mary Jane for the same reasons I appreciate Kerry Washington’s portrayal of Olivia Pope…
ESSAY - I had two abortions years ago in the first trimesters, and today the only regret I have, is…
theGRIO REPORT This Sunday morning, the Essence Festival kicked off a worship service that was shaking the rafters of the…
VIDEO - No discussion of the state of African-American womanhood would be complete without delving into the images of black…
VIDEO - MSNBC host Tamron Hall invited Essence magazine editor-in-cheif emeritus Susan Taylor to discuss mentoring young African-Americans...
VIDEO - Scholar and MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry spoke to civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams about significant changes in the…
The gigantic, free convention center experience -- the complementary arm of the Essence Festival -- is nothing short of extraordinary.
Every Fourth of July weekend, thousands of black women and the people who love them journey to New Orleans to…
Like many African-American women, I grew up reading Essence Magazine, and feeling empowered by its images of beautiful, accomplished, black…
No one is more excited than I about MSNBC and Essence uniting for coverage of the 2013 Essence Festival live…
OPINION - Sometimes, us light-skinned girls need to be secure enough in our own blackness to simply listen...
OPINION - There is a growing crop of people who feel the 'Dark Girls' documentary’s biggest flaw is that it…
ESSAY - I’m not sure that those of us on the darker-end of the spectrum really need to maintain a…
theGRIO REPORT - What do you get when you take a group of stylish, ambitious black women and place them…
OPINION - While some folks are eagerly awaiting the documentary, a good number of folks in my personal networks have…
Hot off of her big win at the French Open, she enjoyed some much-deserved down time after taking the top…
MADAME NOIRE - Natural Hair Box is an exclusive monthly subscription service that delivers natural hair and beauty products. The…