Chief Executive Officer, ESSENCE Caroline A. Wanga speaks onstage during the 2022 15th Annual ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards Luncheonat Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on March 24, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images for ESSENCE) Caroline Wanga responds after discourse around the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture…
Source: picture alliance / Getty Two former West Virginia correctional officers were sentenced this week over the in-custody death of Quantez Burks. According to AP, 41-year-old Mark Holdren and 33-year-old Johnathan Walters were sentenced to 20 and 21 years in prison, respectively, in relation to Burks’ 2022 in-custody death. Holdren and Walters both pleaded guilty…
Pastor Kenneth Moales Jr. (Photo credit: WJZ) After a pastor was carjacked in Baltimore City, he is calling for compassion and change. A pastor who miraculously fought off and forgave a teen carjacker while visiting Baltimore hopes something positive can come out of the moment. Pastor Kenneth Moales Jr., who was visiting Baltimore City towards…
Source: Liubomyr Vorona / Getty While much has been said about the Trump administration’s assault on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), there have been equally regressive moves within state governments across America. As a result of Tennessee’s DEI ban going into effect this month, Memphis’ Minority Women Enterprise program was quietly shuttered this week. According…
Right-wing podcaster Charlie Kirk is shockingly blaming what he calls Austin, Texas’ “DEI fire chief” for the deadly flooding that killed 119 people and left another 173 missing over the Fourth of July holiday in Kerr County, Texas. On Wednesday, on his podcast, “The Charlie Kirk Show,” Kirk ranted over Democrats, whom he called “despicable.”…
Sunny Hostin attends the “Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything” premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Festival at SVA Theater on June 12, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival) “When you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes,” Sunny Hostin said as an insurance company withdraws its claim against her…
Simone Biles seems to have covered up in her latest vacation photos, a stark contrast to last year’s revealing bikini shots. Now, after facing criticism and rumors of post-Olympics body enhancements, fans are wondering if Simone Biles’ toned-down look is hiding more than just skin. Simone Biles has covered up in recent vacation photos after…
Source: Fotosearch / Getty The last home of literary icon Zora Neale Hurston is getting a new chapter. Once at risk of being lost to development or demolition, the modest Fort Pierce, Florida, residence where Hurston spent her final years has been saved and is now on track to become a site of public remembrance…
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 20: (L-R) Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good attend the 5th Annual Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards at The Beverly Hilton on June 20, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Arnold Turner/Getty Images for Jason Lee/Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards) “I’m sorry, what’d you say?” Jonathan Majors checks a fan after he…
Source: Milko / Getty Black Women’s Equal Pay Day 2025 takes place amid massive cuts and attacks on programs and policies aimed at closing the economic gap experienced by Black women and their families. Recent reports of Black women’s high unemployment rates only further compound the challenges faced by Black women and their families. Each…
