Culture
Aux Cord Chronicles
Aux Cord Chronicles XVIII: An obsessive, 57-song playlist of Drake’s sports obsession
Aubrey has never been able to stop talking about sports — all of them
Commentary
White privilege and hypocrisy are at the center of college admission scandal
It also helps show a way African-Americans and low-income families are continually shut out of college
Books
In ‘They Were Her Property,’ a historian shows that white women were deeply involved in the slave economy
In contrast to the stereotypes of the ‘gentler sex,’ female slaveholders were just as vicious and calculating as men
Jussie Smollett
We need to talk about Jussie Smollett
The ‘Empire’ actor added ammunition to a politically fraught environment and exposed the misplaced deification of celebrity activists
Film
‘Jump Shot’ gives credit to the Wyoming grad who perfected this mainstay of modern basketball
Steph Curry executive produced the film
Oscars
Film
Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ scintillates and confounds at SXSW premiere
With ‘Get Out’ and his new film, director is bringing new respect to horror
College Basketball
‘Black Duke’ takes flight
After decades of resistance, black America embraces Blue Devils basketball
Commentary
R. Kelly, Michael Jackson — are they being ‘lynched’?
Bringing up lynchings in these cases is profiting off the very real horrors inflicted on black people
Hip-Hop
2 Chainz: From lament to LeBron
He explains how James contributed as the A&R for new album
Music
Will Solange’s new album release revive BlackPlanet?
The social networking site catering to African-Americans has seen an uptick
Mardi Gras
Embracing Black Mardi Gras keeps the culture alive for the next generation
‘We have to keep our culture going. It’s for the black streets, it’s for the black neighborhoods.’
Television
HBO’s ‘Leaving Neverland’ never lets Michael Jackson steal the spotlight
Two men who say Jackson molested them reveal how a star weaponized his own magnetism
CulturePlay
Stylist and sneaker designer Aleali May on Jordans, Maya Moore, Kawhi — and California love
‘Girls have always been sneakerheads … but we’re starting to get noticed, and it’s just the beginning’
Commentary
R. Kelly is canceled: Long live James Ingram and the R&B love ballad
Quiet storm and slow-moving songs about the urgency of love are fading from view, but they’re not gone yet