Culture
Commentary
Guilty verdict for Ahmaud Arbery’s killers is a welcome sign of progress
A decade after Trayvon Martin’s death, a different Southern jury said this Black life mattered
College Football
Minstrel songs like ‘The Eyes of Texas’ were once common on college football Saturdays in the South
Tunes such as ‘Dixie’ and ‘My Old Kentucky Home’ reframed grueling Black physical labor as a subject of light entertainment for white fans
Thanksgiving
The Southern soul in seafood dressing
The legacy of slavery combined with the ingenuity of Black fishermen make this Thanksgiving side a staple
Documentary
HBO’s DMX documentary is as complicated as the man himself
Watching the rapper in the last year of his life, it felt like there was hope
Movies
‘King Richard’ squanders its chance to tell the story of tennis’ ruling family
Will Smith disappoints in the title role of Venus and Serena Williams’ father
The King of Crenshaw
Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry is remaking his Curry Brand with new tech and designs beyond basketball
A new logo, a ‘Sesame Street’ line, and charitable efforts are all underway
Madden
Bo Jackson makes video game history again with his first Madden cover
Three decades after starring in Tecmo Bowl, the retired running back becomes a face of Madden NFL 22
Books
From ‘Fear of a Black Planet’ to ‘Fear of a Black Universe’
Physicist Stephon Alexander on how being an outsider leads to better science
Books
Dwyane Wade remembers nervously waiting to find out if the Big Three would come together
The star NBA legend on the Miami Heat team that changed the game
Books
The tangled history of hip-hop and boxing
From Mike Tyson and Tupac to Zab Judah and Lil’ Kim, new book examines the connections between musicians and the fight game
Folkus
Photographer Cheriss May finds new perspectives in the sameness
‘This is my passion and my purpose. To have that gives me strength’
Documentary
Gordon Parks documentary on HBO only gives us half the picture
‘A Choice of Weapons’ talks about the activist and artistic pioneer but not enough about the person
Anna Deavere Smith
Anna Deavere Smith has something new to say about the 1992 riots
A revival of ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’ bridges the past to recent police-related murders of Black men
Commentary
‘Insecure,’ Lawrence and the limits of the ‘Good Black Man’
Checking all the boxes only gets us approval from our homies. It doesn’t make us good parents.