Culture
The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth
Watch: ‘The Undefeated Presents: ‘Hamilton’ In-Depth’ with Kelley Carter
An intimate chat with nine members of the cast about the film, its enduring influence, the American experiment and more
Commentary
We are still charged with meeting the challenge that Frederick Douglass issued
I ask of this Independence Day: What to Black Americans is the Fourth of July?
Documentary
In ‘John Lewis: Good Trouble,’ the Georgia congressman reminds us there are still many rivers to cross
Lewis’ journey from cotton sharecropper to Congress is retold in a new documentary
Social Justice
America is facing a reckoning over race, but we’ve seen this before
Our history shows African Americans make gains, but are stopped short of full equality
Commentary
This is what white people can do
Study what your forefathers did, then do the opposite
Another Act
‘Another Act’: Actress Lexi Underwood talks everything ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ plus racism in the ’90s and change
‘Another Act:’ Bishop T.D. Jakes on how to make sense of the ongoing fight against racism
‘Another Act’: Former NFL player Dhani Jones on helping families and the return of sports
‘Another Act’ with Mary J. Blige
Social Justice
Maya Moore, making a difference: ‘This is the epitome of using your platform’
The face of women’s basketball accomplished something greater than helping a city win a championship: She helped a man win his freedom.
Commentary
Five years ago, ‘Hamilton’ turned a revolution into a revelation — what now?
As Black Lives Matter protesters fill the streets, a show that portrays the Founding Fathers as Black and brown men gets its first national broadcast
Music
‘Hamilton,’ which started as a mixtape, eventually got to the real thing
The star-studded soundtrack helped cement hip-hop’s place on Broadway
Locker Room Talk
Now is the time to rename Washington’s NFL team
This racist reminder of America’s historic atrocities needs to be removed
Social Justice
Evaluating Black life through a different lens in the midst of COVID-19, civil unrest
How silence in a run group spoke volumes to one Black runner
Commentary
Hip-hop finally gets the government stamp of approval
The four new postage stamps are dope, but long overdue
LGBTQ
The day my old identity died
As Pride Month came to an end, some are still meditating on the significance
Social Justice
The ‘comma effect’ on bias and Black lives
That grammatical pause helps explain how racism thrives
Commentary
I look at Breonna Taylor and see myself
Every day that Louisville fails to arrest those officers, they devalue my life and others like me