This Black History Month, three of our inaugural Black Futures Now honorees sat down with ESSENCE for a panel to discuss voter issues amid another presidential election year. Maisie Brown has been ...

The Human Rights Campaign has hired civil rights lawyer Alphonso David as its seventh president. Suggested Reading This Baby Looks Just Like John Legend and Folks Don ...

CHICAGO, Illinois—In a message that merged inspiration with urgency, Caroline Wanga, CEO of ESSENCE Ventures, and Alphonso David, President and CEO of the Global Black Economic Forum—delivered a ...

Alphonso David on Dec. 19, 2020. David was fired from his role as president of the powerful LGBTQ advocacy group Human Rights Campaign on Sept. 6. Credit - Elijah Nouvelage—The Washington Post/Getty ...

"We are fighting for our lives," says Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David, an eloquent, passionate speaker. On this week's Out in the Bay radio program and podcast, to be rebroadcast ...

Led by a legal team including CEO of the Global Black Economic Forum, Alphonso David, the Fund has completed their arguments on why exclusively providing grants to Black women isn’t discrimination.

On Monday evening, Alphonso David was fired from his post as president of the Human Rights Campaign, the biggest LGBTQ organization in the country. David’s termination was just another in a series of ...

Alphonso David is often described as one of the state’s most important power brokers, and he’s trumpeted as the first black or gay man to be counsel to the governor. City & State’s Frank G. Runyeon ...

"Expect a legal challenge," Alphonso David said following his termination. The president of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ advocacy group in the U.S., was terminated Monday night for ...

The mics were hot at the Fighting for Economic Freedom fireside chat on the Global Black Economic Forum stage at ESSENCE Fest 2024. Fearless Fund co-founder and CEO Arian Simone’s nephew Carter Owens ...