The Oakland beauty posed for Essence Magazine in Brazil and was very vocal about social justice for all and honoring the lives of those lost to police brutality.

Misty Copeland is having a great year. She starred in an Under Armour commercial, was named a principal dancer in the New York City Ballet,…

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Roland Martin talked with “Essence” Editor-in-Chief Vanessa K. Bush about challenges of being the voice of Black women. Bush also discusses how important African American women’s voices are in…

Jada Pinkett has been using her Face Book to give her opinions on everything from parenting to  being hard on teen celebrities. Well this one might be her most controversial one. She asked her FB fans what they thought about having white women celebrities on the cover of Essence here what her  FACEBOOK page read: With love and respect to all […]

Beyoncé  Ms. Cater show will headline the ESSENCE Festival in July in New Orleans. The festival concerts are three nights, July 4-7. Essence hasn’t announced which night Bey’s show will will be presented. Essence Communications President, Michelle Ebanks said,“We are incredibly excited to welcome Beyoncé back to the 2013 ESSENCE Festival line-up. She is truly the ultimate ESSENCE woman. […]

Golden Gabby Douglas has been making her rounds in the media. From Oprah to Letterman to Essence, we’re all consuming of the Olympic gynmast darling,…