The next four years of leadership for Atlanta, one of the fastest-growing, wealthiest and culturally important…

Well, that didn’t take long, did it? Common sense dictates that a certain type of angry white voter would be in…

After days of speculation, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) has decided to retire effective immediately, an announcement…

The Atlanta mayor’s race on Tuesday is probably the last and most significant election for black folks in 2017, the…

It is strange to still hear about political “firsts” in 2017. The immediate reaction is often, “How did it take this…

When CNN broke the story several weeks ago that slavery—not wage slavery, not emotional slavery, not virtual…

The story of Julius Caesar is the ancient tale of former close political friendships gone bad. Julius Caesar,…

Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore of Alabama has been accused of crimes that, in a more decent and responsible…

The universe was giving me every sign that Justice League was going to be trash. I asked four friends, who usually…

Ta-Nehisi Coates is one of those people who always have something smart to say, because he’s actually really, really…

The Atlanta mayoral race was contentious and expensive and pitted just about every element of the city’s political…

At this point in America, there are two types of people: those who enjoy the nearly decadelong series of Marvel…

Racist campaign commercials are so pervasive that they hardly get heavy news coverage anymore. Everyone harks back…

If American justice were a movie, the arrest Monday of former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort and his business…

I have a confession to make. I’m black.

Last week I went to Howard University’s homecoming, and like Deon Cole, Chance the Rapper and Malia Obama at the 2012…

In political campaigns, white candidates can always find a black guy. It’s literally Campaign 101: Most successful…

Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, Sandra Bland, Eric Garner, Rekia Boyd, Walter Scott: These (and dozens more) are the…

It really doesn’t take much to trigger a Donald Trump supporter. Mention Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Russia or…

This week, five African-American students at Air Force Academy Prep School in Colorado found the words “Niggers go…