This year’s specialty category for ESSENCE'S Best In Black Beauty Awards is putting a spotlight on the beauty in aging.

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At the 2026 ESSENCE Festival of Culture, SisterSong gathered organizers, advocates, and cultural leaders to make the case ...

From inspired reader to two-time ESSENCE cover star, this Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist helped curate the 2026 ESSENCE ...

The very first Carol’s Daughter haircare recipes were whipped up in founder Lisa Price’s home in Brooklyn. Since 1996, she’s been the textured hair chef of her neighborhood, cooking up collections.

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Tenisha Warner speaks with Gayle King as newly filed lawsuits involving Malcolm-Jamal Warner's estate bring fresh attention ...

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