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Hood, the Chicago mom whose son shot and killed the man who assaulted her, is a victim, but her decisions…
Netflix's hit TV series, which recently dropped its sixth season, normalizes Blackness in interesting ways.
The show breaks down how Public Enemy's "Black Steel in the Hours of Chaos" perfectly captures the horrors of mass…
10 TV Shows You Gotta Watch Next. The best in TV from Black Mirror to Severance to Sherman's Showcase to…
The impact of crack dealers on Black America is at the heart of episode 3 of ‘Being Black: The ’80s’
N.W.A's song "Dopeman" leads us into a conversation about crack dealers and the influence they had on Black America on…
Donald Trump's indictment means our faith in the justice system and the electoral system will be pushed even further to…
Jon Wang blames affirmative action for him not getting into elite colleges because it's easy to blame Black people.
Lee breaks down how his boxing career and dealing with social anxiety put him on a path to help small,…
De La Soul's "My Brother's a Basehead" takes us into the impact of the 80s crack on its users and…
The Oxford Dictionary of African American English, edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr., will tell the story of Black people…
Singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman's success owes a lot to two big ’80s ideas — affirmative action and Afrocentrism.
To mark the launch of my new podcast "Being Black: The ’80" on Thursday, here are 13 Black podcasts you…
My new podcast "Being Black: The ’80s" is about Black political issues and Black music in an incredible decade.
Janelle Monae's new "Lipstick Lover" video is about freedom, Black beauty, LGBTQ pride, body positivity, sex positivity and love.
The legendary singer, who died Wednesday at age 83, was a survivor whose gritty, soulful voice was a source of…
Black people and tipping in restaurants is a complicated issue. It's wack for Ann Coulter to make fun of the…
Is LeBron James better than Michael Jordan? Does this playoff run at 38 years old push him past Jordan? Or…
Trump did CNN's Town Hall and he lied and spouted his old talking points and attacked the moderator. He hasn't…
Jordan Neely's death inspired protests designed to stop society's "wheels." We talked to Warriors In The Garden, a group that…
Republican Mark Robinson wants Black people to pay reparations. He could become North Carolina's next governor.