Despite rapid growth and reportedly some of the highest labor force participation rates, Black women have experienced the brunt of recent job loss in the U.S. economy. Between January and December ...

The 15th Annual Black Women's Roundtable Summit will bring together Black women leaders to address challenges and build power for freedom, justice, and opportunity.

Asking questions about someone’s past doesn’t often lead to an award-winning book, but that's how it unfolded for Blair LM Kelley. She wrote the book Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class ...

ESSENCE speaks with five professionals about confidently wearing their natural hair and celebrating authenticity at work.

Black women have occupied a special place in America since we were forced onto these shores. As detailed by Paula Giddings in her seminal 1985 treatise: “When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black ...

Jackson, who died Tuesday, worked to diversify the electorate and brought Black women into Democratic politics who ascended ...

Bishop Michelle Thomas has become the first African American woman Episcopalian bishop consecrated in Loudoun County, Va.

Through Power in the Pause events, the president and CEO of the Black Women’s Health Imperative is bringing lightness to the conversation around perimenopause and menopause.

A local organization is working to break down barriers to mental health care for black women in the community.