Culture

Q-Tip will teach course on intersections of jazz & hip-hop at NYU this fall

A Black woman transforms conditioned silence into language: How Audre Lorde induced my rebirth

White liberals stay predicting dystopias caused by whiteness—without doing anything about it

Bioethics prof Deleso Alford explains why MLK calling healthcare inequity the most ‘inhumane’ injustice matters today

Facing backlash, Grindr announces plan to stop sharing sensitive user info including HIV status

The stories of our struggles are not for white people to consume in an effort to ‘do better’

Black Stoneman Douglas students draw attention to the intersection of race and gun policy after Parkland shooting

Video shows rapper Fabolous, just arrested on domestic violence charges, threatening girlfriend and her father

Black Lives Matter Cincinnati changes its name, issues scathing critique of national BLM network

Apple proposes to include new emojis that reflect users’ lives with disabilities

Comic: We need to take the mental health of Black women far more seriously

Beyoncé, UNICEF and Gucci partnership brings $1 million support for clean water project in Burundi

Black Separatists do not belong on SPLC’s list of hate groups

Marvel taps Nnedi Okorafor to write Wakanda Forever series starring the Dora Milaje

Snapchat green-lit ad mocking Rihanna’s survival of domestic violence, stock sinks $1 billion

National Geographic and the New York Times own up to racist, sexist legacies

Oakland café refuses to serve cops, garners community support despite controversy

Romance is not the only type of Black love that matters

Finalists for 30th annual Lambda Literary awards honoring LGBTQ literature announced

‘Get Out’s Jordan Peele makes history as the first Black person to win Best Original Screenplay Oscar

Call me Akata: Reclaiming our birthright as Indigenous and African people born on American soil

#EbonyOwes agreement: Black writers’ and union diligence reverses magazine’s economic abuse

Comic: Seeing Black children flourish in ‘Black Panther’ excitement makes me beam

Like my native tongue, Wakanda bridges the cultural gap between my African ancestry and Black American life

Post ‘Black Panther’, Marvel announces ‘Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur’ animated series

After theater buyouts for kids to see ‘Black Panther,’ group organizes one for Black girls to see ‘A Wrinkle In Time’

New Mexico publication apologizes after political cartoon portraying immigrants as alley gangsters

Two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward signs new two book deal

Pre-K teacher rocks same beautiful hairstyle as skeptical student to prove she loved it

Why #JanetJacksonAppreciationDay was food to my Black woman soul

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