Essence Magazine:
By Kara Stevens ·Updated October 23, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
You spent two weeks in Portugal, Ghana, Mexico, or Costa Rica, soaking in the food, culture, climate, and people—and now you’re seriously rethinking your whole life? Maybe even plotting a permanent move abroad?
That is bold. That is courageous. And it’s exactly what many Black women are doing as the number of us out of work continues to rise,
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