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She Got Now is an innovative collaboration between PepsiCo and ESSENCE, as they launch the inaugural Allen McKellar Jr. Internship Program—named in honor of the first Black professional to enter the corporate workforce through a job at PepsiCo, 80 years ago this year. Together the brands will provide summer internship opportunities at PepsiCo or ESSENCE during the summer of 2020

A Black furloughed employee with NASA speaks out about the ongoing government shutdown. ESSENCE also reports on other Black federal employees who are trying to cope while in financial crisis.
The federal government is heading into its 26th day of a partial shutdown. You read that correctly: 26 days. What is now the longest shutdown in American history has affected roughly 800,000 employees in agencies including the State Department, the Department of Justice, the Department of Transportation,...

Naomi Wadler is the preteen activist who gained viral national notoriety with her stirring call to action at the March For Our Lives Rally held in Washington, D.C. earlier this year. On October 30th, the Washington Area Women’s Foundation celebrated Naomi at their 2018 Leadership Luncheon, as well as the 20th anniversary of the foundation.

Naomi’s keynote was delivered with a clear message to all of those in attendance, she wants us to vote. Naomi began her time by reflecting on the recent vi...

I am politic’d out. – Baroness Brée – Medium