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Halina Aden

Halima Aden
Essence January 2020

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Michaela Coel

Michaela Coel
Essence April 2019

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Queen & Slim

Queen & Slim
Essence November 2019

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H.E.R.

H.E.R.
Essence June 2019

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Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks
Sports Illustrated May 2019

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Michaela Coel

Michaela Coel
Essence January 2019

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Trumped

Trump's threat to Black America
ESSENCE September 2017

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Guns in America

Surviving Gun Violence
ESSENCE July 2016

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Ciara

Ciara
ESSENCE May 2016

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Smart Kids

Smart Kids
ESSENCE August 2014

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Marissa Alexander

Marissa Alexander
Essence May 2015

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Cancer and Caring

Cancer and Caring
Essence October 2014

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Cancer Warriors

Cancer Warriors
Essence June 2014

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The New Science of Weight Loss

Obesity Epidemic
ESSENCE January 2014

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What Does it Take to Change a Life?

Gun Violence in New Orleans
ESSENCE December 2013

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Living with HIV

Black Women and HIV
ESSENCE August 2013

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Solid as a Rock

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
ESSENCE August 2013

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The Talk

Trayvon Martin Verdict
TIME July 2013

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Chicago Hope

Gun Violence in Chicago
ESSENCE July 2013

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Real World

Black Women & Reality TV
ESSENCE January 2013

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Hope for the Change

Women's Health
ESSENCE August 2012

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The Danger Outside

The Killing of Trayvon Martin
ESSENCE June 2012

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Not My Boy

Sexual Abuse of Children
ESSENCE March 2012

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How Dana Became Queen

Queen Latifah
ESSENCE January 2012

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Our Teens' Secret Sex Lives

Middle Schoolers & Sexual Pressure
ESSENCE October 2011

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Alicia in Love

Alicia Keys
ESSENCE June 2011

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Father Knows Blessed

Father Knows Blessed
Essence December 2009

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Magic Hair

Natural Hair
ESSENCE November 2010

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Black Girls for Sale

Sex Trafficking in Oakland
ESSENCE October 2010

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Wonder Wendy

Wendy Williams
ESSENCE October 2010

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Reports From Katrina

Reports from Katrina
Essence September 2005

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A Homeless Girl's Dream

Homeless to Harvard
ESSENCE August 2010

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So Jada, So Free

Jada Pinkett-Smith
ESSENCE June 2010

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Something About Taraji

Taraji P. Henson
ESSENCE June 2010

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And Baby Makes Two

Jill Scott
ESSENCE May 2010

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What's your Fantasy

Short Stories About Sexy Men
ESSENCE February 2010

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Teen Spirit

Teenage years
The Village Voice October 1996

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Lost Girl

Domestic Sex Trafficking
ESSENCE November 2009

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Our Obsession with Idris

Idris Elba
ESSENCE August 2009

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This Far by Faith

Jennifer Hudson
ESSENCE June 2009

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Trouble in Paradise

Homophobia in Jamaica
ESSENCE March 2009

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Child Brides

Early Marriage in West Africa
ESSENCE November 2008

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I am Legend

Beyonce Knowles
ESSENCE November 2008

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Why Men Cheat

Black Men & Monogamy
ESSENCE October 2008

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Number One With A Bullet

Homicide in Philadelphia
ESSENCE March 2008

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Soul Survivor

Keyshia Cole
ESSENCE October 2007

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My Little Secret

Secret Keeping
ESSENCE September 2007

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Kerry's Choice

Kerry Washington
ESSENCE July 2007

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The Streets are Watching

Witness Intimidation
ESSENCE January 2007

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No Ordinary Love

Sean Combs and Kim Porter
ESSENCE December 2006

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I Spy

Women who Snoop
ESSENCE July 2006

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Starting Over

Life After Hurricane Katrina
ESSENCE May 2006

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I'm a Survivor

Surviving Breast Cancer
ESSENCE October 2005

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Dirty Dancing

Music Videos Impact on Girls
ESSENCE March 2005

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Abduction of Innocents

Joseph Kony's Child Soliders
ESSENCE December 2004

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Stolen Childhood

Ugandan AIDS Orphans
ESSENCE November 2004

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Blonde Ambition

Eve
ESSENCE March 2004

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Sex and the Single Mother

Dating Advice for Single Moms
ESSENCE March 2004

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Have Toddler, Will Travel

Adventures in Single Parenting
ESSENCE July 2003

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Where's Daddy?

Absent Fathers
ESSENCE June 2003

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Men of the Moment

Black Hollywood
ESSENCE April 2003

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Against All Odds

Sean "Diddy" Combs
VIBE Dec 1999/ Jan 2000

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Can't a Brother Get No Love

Typcasting in Hollywood
VIBE August 1999

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Jerry's Kids

Jerry Springer & Reality TV
VIBE April 1998

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Sex on the Beach

Sex Tourism in Jamaica
ESSENCE October 1997

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Sea of Dreams

Sean "Diddy" Combs
THE SOURCE Sept 1997

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