A newly released dataset from New York University revealed that few Americans ranked "family" as one of their top values.

How confusing inevitability with reality built decades of paradox. What if general relativity never actually tells us that ...

Land provides a firm footing to fragile human existence. It is the medium that sources from other elements to sustain life.

What lengths men will go in order to carry out, to their extreme limit, the rites of a collective self-worship which fills them with a sense of righteousness and complacent satisfaction in the midst ...

As settler power frays in Washington and Tel Aviv, the world does not merely witness geopolitical decline, it witnesses a ...

A book that integrates philosophy, morality, history and enigmas — because the question of God spans all forms of knowledge.

As the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture comes to a close, the third and final day of Beautycon is a test on all the beauty lessons we’ve learned so far. First, Delina Medhin’s It Takes A Village ...

A good set of lashes can elevate or complete an already great makeup look. But the hassle of dealing with the application, upkeep, or removal can make one abandon them entirely. That was surely the ...

I can’t remember the exact age I was when my love affair with fragrances began. I have vivid memories of playing dress-up in my grandmother’s closet—and the finishing touch of every outfit was always ...

It’s finally 2020, the dawn of a new decade. You’re part of a core team tasked with putting together a milestone magazine issue to celebrate the 50 th Anniversary of the ESSENCE brand—a pillar in the ...