Happy No-Shave November/Movember! It’s that hairy time of year again when men grow out their mustaches or stop shaving completely to raise money for cancer research. These campaigns have traditionally centered men and men’s health.
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Find ResourcesThe following is an excerpt from OUR PERIODS, OURSELVES: An Empowered Teen’s Guide by Mathangi Subramanian (out Nov. 12, 2026). Period taboos have been around for thousands of years. In the first cent
Think back to your high school biology class. When you learned about how animals mate, did you ever learn about same-sex pairings? Or that some animals can change their sex? You may have heard of a fe
If you weren’t ready to say goodbye to Brandy and Monica after their highly anticipated reunion tour and unforgettable performance at the 2026 ESSENCE Festival of Culture , there’s good news to share.
Rich aunties don’t get enough credit—they manage to consistently show up for their people while also pouring into themselves. If you know one, she’s probably juggling jet-setting, brunch, boardrooms,
Ask any Charlestonian where they were June 17, 2015, and they will remember. Hospitality executive Kourtney Jones vividly recalls working at a hotel downtown when rumors of the unimaginable began floa
The Campaign Legal Center is calling for an investigation into whether Alicia Jackson, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, violated ethics laws. Advanced Research Projects Ag
From her breakout role on The Bear to her growing presence in Hollywood, Ayo Edebiri has quickly become one of fashion’s most exciting style stars. While her acting chops have earned her plenty of acc
Last year, three Republican women lawmakers broke with their party and risked incurring the wrath of the White House by pushing to release the files connected to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth narrowly avoided an immediate impeachment vote Tuesday when the Republican-controlled House voted 211-204 to send eight articles of impeachment against him to the Judici
The morning after the midterms, we older election workers met up to monitor the affidavit ballot count at the Harrison County Election Commissioners’ office, next to the Plasma Center on Highway 49 in
Click to expand Image People march during a protest on violence against women in Budapest in November 2018. © 2018 Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images On November 12, Hungary's Prime Minister Péter
