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“Please do not let anyone tell you that you can't do something,” history-maker Vanessa Brooks shares with ESSENCE.

“We say that [beyond saying] no to racism, we need to say yes to racial equality,” states Luana Génot, President and Executive Director of the Identity Institute of Brazil.

Jayden Perkins was fatally stabbed while trying to defend his mom from an ex-boyfriend who broke into the family's home and attacked them on March 13.

The multi-talented artist, architect, and author Peju Alatise recently inaugurated Rele Gallery, the first and only contemporary African art gallery on Dover Street.

Party members in key swing states say they won’t re-elect a president who enables the continued Israeli bombardment

It's important to note that though June 19th commemorates the collective emancipation of enslaved Black people, we essentially freed ourselves.

The city’s abstainers could determine who wins Wisconsin, a critical swing state, this November.

Above photo: A voting booth sits at a polling station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in April 2020. Thomas Werner / Bloomberg.

Here are some reminders to make sure you can vote and be counted for the 2024 election season.

After being overlooked in the 2016 and 2020 elections, Milwaukee’s Black residents are being courted by the Democratic and Republican candidates for president.