“My brother came home wearing an afro,” Judith Wilson recalls of the day her brother changed her life.

Learn how one simple birthday party idea inspired this busy mom to be even greater.

It's time to celebrate our beauty! This writer shares her thoughts on the India Arie controversy as well as colorism in our community.

Are we really criticizing pregnant women for gaining weight now?

Are you the type of person who would never go to anyone but your trusted hairstylist or barber?

Join our Guns Down initiative by downloading and signing our letter to President Obama.

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ESSENCE readers share their experiences with gun violence.

President Obama caused a stir when he complimented the attorney general's beauty at a fundraiser.

A woman who’s boyfriend won’t tell anyone at church or in his family about their relationship fears she may not be his girlfriend at all.