Deidre Dukes's care, expertise and personal touch is transforming every guest experience at the St. Regis in Chicago into an ...

After Doechii recommended Toni Morrison to Kai Cenat, we rounded up nine more must-read Black authors, from James Baldwin to Octavia Butler.

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ESSENCE’s Senior Beauty Editor explains why her trip to the Dior Spa reminded her to step up her self-care game for the new ...

“Blurred lips offer a new approach to wearing your favorite lip shades,” says Guinn. It’s when you use a subtle color at the ...

Rihanna has been spotted all over New York giving a lesson in the effortlessly chic nature of a blush-lip combo and casual ...

New music Friday brings Ari Lennox’s Vacancy, T.I.’s Pharrell-produced single, plus fresh drops from Joyce Wrice, Wizkid, and ...

Major moves in education, corporate leadership, and student loan policy shaping Black economic life this week.

The plant guru on saying "yes" at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, her partner Sydney, and why florals—not fashion—will be the true star of her wedding day.

Sinners’ broke records with 16 Oscar nods, but Black films have long been celebrated without winning. This year could change ...

SZA made a surprise appearance at Louis Vuitton and Dior's men's week shows in head-turning front row beauty looks.

Trailblazer Ruth E. Carter is at it again. With her fifth Oscar nomination for costume design on Ryan Coogler’s Sinners.