My fiancée and I have developed somewhat of a routine for the Democratic presidential debates.
Congress held public impeachment hearings last week on whether President Trump abused his power to enlist a foreign…
Two days ago, the Broadway show Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations was nominated for 12 Tony…
Last week at the corner of 14 and U, a throng of mostly black people swayed in unison to the beat of a live go-go…
On the Anniversary of MLK Jr.’s Assassination, We Should Heed King’s Economic Roadmap to Reparations
In a 1968 speech just prior to his death on April 4, Martin Luther King Jr. appeared to articulate the next phase of…
Last week, I got to participate in American Injustice: A BET Town Hall. It’s a series of live conversations with…
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “riots are the language of the unheard,” but legislators across the…
When I was 19 years old, I walked into a health center in Michigan knowing I was pregnant but uncertain of my…
“Nobody will love you the way an HBCU will love you,” my grandmother insisted as I was drowning in college…
Since announcing her intention to run for president this past Martin Luther King Day, a firestorm has swirled around…
Coming off the heels of the 2018 midterm elections, we’ll observe World AIDS Day on Saturday. We celebrated historic…
Last week, in the wake of intensive community advocacy, litigation and media scrutiny, the state of Wisconsin agreed…
If you watched Sunday night’s episode of Insecure you found out that Lawrence is out here burning folks. Kudos to…
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It seemed like the “alt-right” got the memo that spewing hateful rhetoric and inciting violence like we saw last…
On Aug. 12, white nationalists, fascists and their sympathizers will descend on Washington, D.C., for a “white civil…
Even before the President nominated Ben Carson to serve as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, many,…
Welcome to the life of a recent college grad who is interning in New York for the first time. I’m going to spill the…