James Baldwin (Associated Press) "Until my father died I thought I could do something else. I had wanted to be a musician, thought...

National Memorial for Peace and Justice Despite the fact that the US has a well documented history of nearly two and a half centurie...

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Florence Price The treasures of the past may seem lost, but often enough, they are merely forgotten, or hidden. Such is the case with ...

Protesters and guardsman with a bayonet (Neal Boenzi/The New York Times) Fifty years ago today, the Newark Rebellion , also known--st...

"Hate and ignorance have not driven the history of racist ideas in America. Racist policies have driven the history of racist ideas ...

(Photo by John Phillips/Pool photo via AP) Congratulations to Paul Beatty , winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize , for his...

UPDATE : After an extraordinary series of machinations among the Tory Party's leadership, Theresa May, who was Home Secretary in  David...

UPDATE : Jonathon Sturgeon  has just posted a piece on  Flavorwire   comparing the publishing industry to the Motion Picture Academy of Art...

Who really cares about the Oscars? Clearly some of us care about the Oscars. Should we care about the Oscars? Should we care about the fa...