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Massachusetts expands abortion access to any point during pregnancy

Massachusetts eliminated its cutoff for when someone can get an abortion, making it the tenth state — along with Washington, D.C. — to allow…

The 19thAug 10choice

The Ritual Report: The Healing Powers Of A Generational Girls Trip

ESSENCE Senior Beauty & Style Editor Akili King believes ‘glow’ is more than skin deep. In The Ritual Report , she shares personal healing p…

EssenceAug 10resilience

Todd Blanche Confirmed as Attorney General After Anti-Abortion Comments

Plus: Voters in Kansas and Missouri reject ballot initiatives that may have further curbed abortion access. Each week, Rewire News Group edi…

Rewire News GroupAug 10politics

4 Essence Editors On Their Favorite Summer-To-Fall Nail Colors

There are officially 43 days left of summer (yes, I’m counting and dreading it!). But there’s one thing that makes the gradual transition to…

EssenceAug 10equality

Justice Alito isn’t going anywhere

Thirty-three years ago today, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn-in . At the Court On July 27, the Trump administration asked the Supreme…

SCOTUSblogAug 10politics

Trump Accounts could benefit kids. But can they access them?

Trinity Coleman of Boones Mill, Virginia, gave birth to twins in May 2025. Under a new program created by 2025’s One Big, Beautiful Bill Act…

The 19thAug 10breakthroughs

How a family swimming spot at a national forest became ‘a trap’ for an ICE raid

Going to Wilson Creek in the Pisgah National Forest is something of a Sunday routine for many Latino families in this corner of the Appalach…

The 19thAug 10immigration

Celebrate Black Joy: This Week’s Best Uplifting Moments

These days, it is easy to feel like the world is on fire: all of our bills are too high , we’re somehow still at war with Iran , the governm…

EssenceAug 10resilience

How Can We Get More Young People to Vote? Start Registering Them in High School

This year, about 4 million Americans will turn 18, just in time to vote in November’s midterms. However, fewer than 30 percent of newly elig…

Ms. MagazineAug 9education

From Selma to Todd Blanche, U.S. Democracy Is Being Tested

Sixty-one years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law—one of the most consequential victories of th…

Ms. MagazineAug 8activism

My Hysterectomy Was a Gift. Dr. Kemi Doll Shows Why Women Need to Share Our ‘Womb Stories’

Determined to prevent uterine cancer deaths, Dr. Doll published A Terrible Strength: The Hidden Crisis of the Black Womb and Your Survival G…

Ms. MagazineAug 8resilience

16 Of Meagan Good’s Most Iconic Beauty Moments

Meagan Good , you’ve been good to us for so long. With over three decades as an actress, our eyes have been on you since day one. After gain…

EssenceAug 8equality

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