Nonprofit organization ACLU celebrated a federal judge allowing members of the trans community to keep their preferred sex on their passport.

Paul Pierce Sparks Debate by Comparing American and Overseas Women on Podcast. N BA legend Paul Pierce is under fire for ...

In today’s climate of renewed Black consciousness and ancestral reclamation, the global call for connection to Africa is ...

In addition to an epic feature from Leon Thomas for "Miami" (a collaboration that he first heard the final version of while working on a balcony in Dubai, by the way) and the hit single "London ...

The seeming decline of a certain type of novelist is much discussed and debated in the literary world. But the bigger question is whether it matters.

ESSENCE celebrates the changemakers shaping a bold, Black future today during Black History Month. With our second annual “Black Futures Now” list, we’re honoring a select group of leaders ...

"But when we have more Black men in our classrooms, all students, especially Black boys, are more likely to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally." That insight led Hendricks to launch the He ...

After President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January limiting gender to a male-female binary, a federal judge ruled that passport sex markers cannot be limited, allowing representation to ...

But Black men living with SCD often face a double burden: the pain of a chronic, life-threatening illness and the pressure to perform traditional roles of masculinity — protector, provider, leader.

A transgender woman from Boise, Idaho, struggles with conflicting legal documents and travel challenges after getting an incorrect passport under Donald Trump.