JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A latest Mississippi law will allow pregnant women to be covered earlier by Medicaid to improve health outcomes for moms and children...
Despite pressure from black hair advocates and politicians who support it, West Virginia’s CROWN Act has failed. Republican lawmakers have rejected a bill banning discrimination based...
Anti-death penalty protesters show in front of the United States Supreme Court in Washington, June 29, 2023. (Photo: OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP) (Photo: OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)...
Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt sought to reply to allegations that her rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s third State of the Union address contained misleading details,...
WASHINGTON – FEBRUARY 28: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to meet with police chiefs from across the country and members of his administration in the State...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (*11*)Marcia Fudge announced on Monday that she would resign from her position effective March 22, saying she...
Marcia Fudge has just announced her resignation as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). He will step down on March 22....
ESSENCE concluded Black History Month with an impassioned conversation about our radical Black future. The panel featured a number of the honorees from the inaugural “Black...
Sen. Raphael Warnock sharply criticized former President Donald Trump for his recent attack on Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as a judge considers dismissing an...
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JUNE 30: View of the Global Black Economic Forum stage through the 2023 ESSENCE Cultural Festival on the Ernest N. Morial Convention...