Rep. John Lewis, civil rights icon, lawmaker and Hillary Clinton supporter, intentionally or unintentionally called…

Well, that was black.

In Lawrence Ross’ new book, Blackballed: The Black and White Politics of Race on America’s Campuses, he highlights…

A long time ago, back when everyone I knew personally was black and my world was much smaller, everyone was…

No one said it would be easy.

In a world where people are taking to the streets, saying “Black lives matter”—where TV shows and films like Empire,…

Barack Obama is going to be in the history books.

Stories. Berry Gordy has them.

Someone had to go, and according to the Chicago Sun-Times, the someone is Chicago Police Superintendent Garry…

Video was released Tuesday night of the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officers in…

Blink and you would have missed it.

Organizer Charlene Carruthers has no plans to watch the latest video showing a police shooting death of yet another…

Time to add another item to the already long list of things that black people cannot do: buy a Rolex.

It’s time to end the practice of putting juveniles in solitary confinement.

Empire is going to be crazier this season.

The headlines may say that activist DeRay Mckesson was offered a teaching position at Yale; they may say he’s…

He’s really into cleanliness. And you all are lucky (or unlucky, depending on your POV) he wasn’t naked.

It’s hard out there for a black filmmaker.

In the Black Lives Matter movement, the only “weapons” protesters wield are their mouths, but you wouldn’t know that…

What responsibility do artists have to our changing times?