Entrepreneurship
Jun 12, 2025
These Last Minute Father's Day Gifts Will Pay For Themselves (Literally)
Here’s how to turn dad's wishlist into business write-offs without the guilt.
Money & Career
Money & Career
Jun 12, 2025
Black-Owned VC Firm Collab Capital Raises $75M To Fund The Future
Co-founders Jewel Burks Solomon and Barry Givens are backing early-stage startups focused on work, health, and community infrastructure.
Money & Career
Jun 11, 2025
Allyson Felix Still Regrets This $7,000 Purchase She Made As A Young Olympian
The track legend gets candid about early money mistakes, the business of Olympic fame, and what athletes really get paid.
Entertainment
Jun 10, 2025
Are Influencers Killing The Essence Of Award Shows?
Influencers may bring new audiences to award shows — but at what cost to tradition, storytelling, and cultural memory?
Lifestyle
Jun 9, 2025
Meet The Woman Behind DreamWorld Bakes, The Pastry Studio Redefining Philly’s Food Scene
From her grandmother’s kitchen to one of Philly’s most sought-after bakeries, Ashley Huston’s pastry studio is proving there’s power in betting on yourself.
2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture
Jun 9, 2025
Can You Expense Essence Fest? Asking For A (Creative) Professional Friend
Flights, hotels, panels, and parties — here's how to make ESSENCE Festival work for your taxes (and your boss).
Money & Career
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Money & Career
Dec 5, 2024
Championing Change: Inside The ESSENCE Black Women In Business Dinner
As part of the “Black Women in…” series, this prestigious event underscored ESSENCE’s commitment to highlighting and applauding the monumental contributions of Black women pioneers.
Money & Career
Mar 8, 2022
The Pine-Sol and ESSENCE Build Your Legacy Contest For Black Women Entrepreneurs Returns!
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News
Feb 17, 2022
This Career Coach Say More Black Women Should Take Sabbaticals—Here's Why
The past two years have been rife with highly stressful intersectional events: the COVID-19 pandemic, social justice uprising and the Great Resignation.
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Money & Career
May 7, 2025
This Is Not a Drill: Student Loan Payments Are Back—And Black Women Are Still Hit Hardest
As pandemic-era protections end, Black women face renewed financial pressure under the weight of the nation’s student debt crisis.
Money & Career
May 7, 2025
The Class Of 2025 Isn’t Waiting For A Dream Job — They’re Creating Their Own Path
Faced with inflation, debt, and an unpredictable job market, today’s graduates are betting on multiple income streams instead of chasing one perfect job.
Celebrity
May 6, 2025
‘It’ll Take Us To Save Us’: Taraji P. Henson On Building Wealth And Protecting Black Mental Health Amid DEI Rollbacks
Taraji P. Henson shares how she built a career—and a foundation—ready to weather economic storms.
Money & Career
May 5, 2025
Spring Cleaning, But Make It Your Career: Here Are 6 Steps To Rebuild On Your Own Terms
Plotting a career change or ready to leave a toxic job? These tips will help you reset, rebuild, and reclaim your professional life.
Money & Career
May 1, 2025
ESSENCE Festival’s $1 Billion Economic Impact—And Our Plan to Keep More Dollars Local
ESSENCE expands our Pipeline Initiative to address $70 million in missed economic opportunities.
Money & Career
May 1, 2025
We’re Not In 2008 Anymore: Why The 2025 Economy Feels Scarier For Black Millennials
How 2025's economic warning signs look different from what our parents faced.
Money & Career
Apr 29, 2025
Homeownership? Vacations? Not Anymore. Here's What Gen Z Is Sacrificing To Survive 2025
How economic uncertainty is forcing a generational reset on what "making it" really means.
Money & Career
Apr 29, 2025
Rise, Fall, and Fallout: Turkey Leg Hut’s Lynn Price Arrested as Estranged Wife Nakia Holmes Moves Forward—”I Have To Protect My Peace’
Following Price’s arrest for allegedly orchestrating a Houston bar explosion, Nakia Holmes, his estranged wife and former business partner, shares an exclusive statement with ESSENCE.
Money & Career
Apr 28, 2025
Leadership, Legacy, And Liberation: Inside The 2025 LWD Summit
200 executives and founders gathered at Laguna Niguel earlier in the month for the invitation-only LWD Summit.