The evening featured music and dance, poetry, reflections on historic achievements, honors for two Riverhead educators and a moving keynote address by Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr.

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) announced Friday a proposed bill, the Establishment Act, which seeks to make President Trump’s birthday and Flag Day a federal holiday in the United States.

A new study finds that nearly 80% of beauty products marketed to Black women contain ingredients linked to an increased risk of cancer.

The Allen County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing person. Ayan Hersi, 33, was ...

A shark bit the hands off a woman along the shore of a Caribbean beach while she was trying to take a picture with it.

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on interracial dating as a sociopolitical strategy.

At the National Museum of African Art, a Washington, D.C. artist’s work illuminates a gallery room and honors 54 people who ...

The Melanin Hive she’s referring to is Bumble’s Black ERG (employee resource group), which empowers the company’s Black employees to connect (globally) to empower and support one another.

Dave Grohl was spotted with his longtime wife Jordyn Blum for the first time publicly since revealing he fathered a secret ...

The Princess of Wales' younger brother, 37, delighted fans with a rare glimpse of his one-year-old son, Inigo, who he shares ...

Calling All Essies! We’re celebrating 18 years of the ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards by passing the mic to YOU with ...

A young woman almost killed in an horrific skiing accident has returned to the slopes for the first time after making a ...