Donald Trump’s administration is built around a brain trust of white nationalists. To deny that fact is to ignore a crucial element of this national…
To compose his stunning documentary film I Am Not Your Negro, acclaimed filmmaker Raoul Peck mined James Baldwin’s published and unpublished oeuvre, selecting passages from…
The brouhaha between the Trump administration and the press has continued all week, with President Trump complaining publicly that the media is refusing to cover…
Who, exactly, is white? The answer sounds obvious — we know a white person when we see one, we think. But when Italians poured into…
To many Americans, February, first officially recognized by President Gerald Ford in 1976 as Black History Month, is a time to celebrate African-American achievements, ones…
During February, it’s not uncommon to hear the refrain, “If there’s an African American History Month, why isn’t there a white one?” This question ,…
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The teaser trailer for Netflix’s highly-anticipated “Dear White People” series has finally been released. Based on the indie hit that premiered with rave reviews at…
The 2016 election deepened the chasm between those voters who believe that the government should address the problems of the poor and those who are…
Coretta Scott King, the widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., urged Congress in a letter to block the 1986 nomination of Jeff Sessions…
MOUNT VERNON, Va. — The costumed characters at George Washington’s gracious estate here are used to handling all manner of awkward queries, whether about 18th-century…
Bianca Adams worked part-time jobs as a spa professional, sometimes juggling two or three at a time, for years. But none of them offered her…
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