Make my day! Three of Aretha’s greatest songs and performances. View the video here  

Dr. Frances Cress Welsing Memorial at historic Metropolitan AME Church Saturday, March 19, 2016. Powerful and moving tribute to the life and work of Frances…

Watch them explain why they’re both and they’re proud! Watch here

The poet Sonia Sanchez rose to prominence as a figure in the 1960s Black Arts Movement, where she raised her voice in the name of…

America’s problem with race has deep roots, with the country’s foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of…

In a new video with MoveOn, Demos President Heather McGhee and Demos Distinguished Senior Fellow Ian Haney Lopéz show how the single most important solution to economic inequality isn’t…

Fifteen-year-old Diamond stopped going to school the day she was expelled for lashing out at peers who constantly harassed and teased her for something everyone…

In 1962, boxing writers and fans considered Cassius Clay an obnoxious self-promoter, and few believed that he would become the heavyweight champion of the world….

In this week’s cold open, ‘Saturday Night Live’ took on both Ben Carson’s endorsement of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders’ surprise win in Michigan. Read…

A psychological look at how the water crisis is affecting the citizens of Flint, Michigan. Watch the video here.

Wilhemina’s War is a documentary about Wilhemina Dixon, a daughter of sharecroppers who becomes a force in her family’s fight for survival from HIV and…

A provocative and lively deep dive into the meaning of America’s first black presidency, from “one of the most graceful and lucid intellectuals writing on…

Evoking the Mulatto is a multimedia project examining black mixed identity in the 21st century, through the lens of the history of racial classification in…

On “Real Time,” Bill Maher showed a video of Hitler speech “translated” into English — and it sounded very familiar. Read more and watch the video…

On Super Tuesday, two commentators on CNN argued about the Ku Klux Klan. On television. In America. In 2016. Read more and see the video…

So, as much of the free world is by now aware, Chris Rock, the skilled comedian and satirical social commentator, hosted the Oscars. Read Janell…

A powerful polemic on the state of black America that savages the idea of a post-racial society America’s great promise of equality has always rung…

“Blackness in the white imagination has nothing to do with black people.” A provocative meditation on race, Claudia Rankine’s long-awaited follow up to her groundbreaking…

A speech delivered on January 26, 2016 at the annual meeting of the Stellenbosch University Convocation, a statutory body comprised of alumni and fulltime academic staff…

The Testament Project is an exploration and a re-conception of contemporary black American masculinity. Black men in America are portrayed in the extreme – either…

Separated by decades, Eldridge Cleaver’s, ‘Soul on Ice,’ and Kendrick lamar’s performance at the 2016 Gammy Awards share much in common. Watch the performance here, also see “Deconstructing…

Dear Friends of Race Inquiry: Do not miss this important movie.  Ronald John Sheehy “Anyone who travels abroad a lot inevitably reflects that, due to…

The now-classic memoir that shocked, outraged, and ultimately changed the way America looked at the civil rights movement and the black experience. By turns shocking…

Nayara Justino thought her dreams had come true when she was selected as the Globeleza carnival queen in 2013 after a public vote on one…

On Obama examines some of the key philosophical questions that accompany the historic emergence of the 44th US president. The purpose of this book is…

The sports legend sits down with the Nation’s Dave Zirin. Watch the video, and listen to the conversation.

“An extraordinary history…Deeply researched, elegantly written…a towering achievement that will not be soon forgotten.” —Brent Staples, New York Times Book Review Giving voice to the…