One of the most influential voices of the seminal magazine The Source, he chronicled rap’s rise and its explosion into the ...

When James Baldwin wrote about the killing of Fred Hampton, he was not trying to persuade readers that the killing was ...

February may be the shortest month of the year, but it is full of great new books by Black authors.

One week after the I.C.U. nurse was shot dead by federal agents, tributes continue to build on the sidewalk where he fell.

Our favorite concerts, festivals, shows, brewery events and restaurant happenings across Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade ...

Spike Lee's epic historical drama sees Denzel Washington completely disappear into the role of Malcolm X. Based on The Autobiography of Malcolm X, this film is a true masterpiece. This film also stars ...

Throughout February, the Coolidge Corner Theatre, Somerville Theatre and the Somerville Cine-Club will screen Poitier ...

As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to “fall in love.” This, of course, is good ...

Until a few years ago, I had no awareness of Judge Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, or the impressive life he lived. I’m not alone. His name has been disturbingly lost to history — even in his own city.

The February 2026 art diary begins with the contrasts of light (Lakwena Maciver- Piccadilly) and dark (Tracey Emin- Margate), ...

University administrators must imagine "critical race theory" to be mesmerism — a few minutes talking to a mustachioed, ...

With the world in the state it's in, SNL's lighthearted Trump parodies are falling flat. Is it time for the show to take a ...