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How Star Trek: The Next Generation Took On Indigenous American Representation
Star Trek: The Next Generation’s “Journey’s End” explores the fallout after the Federation reaches a diplomatic agreement with the militaristic Cardassian Empire. → Read More
Deep Space Nine's Radical Depiction of Black Love
Sisko and Kasidy's relationship gave Black viewers something they didn't get to see very often on '90s dramas. → Read More
'Judas and the Black Messiah' Is Hollywood at Its Most Radical
“Judas and the Black Messiah” is the rare Hollywood film to explore a vision of Blackness that has nothing to do with white audiences. → Read More
Public Thinker: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on Dark Matter and White Empiricism
Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is one of fewer than a hundred Black American women ... → Read More
A Look at Rosewood, John Singleton's Most Ambitious Film
Legendary filmmaker John Singleton was laid to rest this week after he passed away at the age of 51. Naturally, it has many reflecting on his filmography. For me, I’m specifically thinking about his most important film. → Read More
In ‘Us,’ the Tethered Lives That Prisoners Would Recognize
The film’s underground characters and those behind bars share many conditions; the film in effect dramatizes the issues surrounding mass incarceration. → Read More
The Whole Black Church and Me
One of the first sermons I ever preached was titled “Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.” → Read More
A Father Confronts His ‘Spider-Verse’ Problem
His sons identify so deeply with the Afro-Latino hero that a conversation about the movie’s deep structural flaw is impossible. → Read More
It’s On Men to End Sexism in the Black Church
We are responsible for it. So we must end it. → Read More
White Evangelical Support of Trump Proves They’re More ‘White’ Than ‘Evangelical’
Although I attended a black church my entire life, I was ordained into the Southern Baptist Convention, an organization complicit in the rise of the alt-right and whose troubling racial history and contemporaneous actions revealed a deep commitment to ignoring the influence of white supremacy. Last year, I wrote a piece for the New York Times about why I left, and as a result, I got death… → Read More
Opinion | What The Source Taught Me
The hip-hop magazine was edited by black editors, for black readers. And it turned me into a philosopher. → Read More
Texas Shouldn't Execute Chris Young for Murder Even Though He Is Guilty of the Crime
On Tuesday evening, the state of Texas will execute Chris Young for murder by means of lethal injection. I don’t think they should, but it is not because he is innocent. → Read More
I See My Dad When I Look in the Mirror and I'm Terrified I'll Repeat His Mistakes
I was 34 years old when I could no longer escape the man I never wanted to see again. → Read More
#SayHerName: 100 Years Ago, Mary Turner Was Lynched
Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic descriptions of a lynching, which some may find triggering. → Read More
I’m the Son of an Oklahoma Schoolteacher, and the Way They’re Treated Is a Crime
I was walking home from my friend G’s house when I noticed the bright-orange cutoff notice on the door. → Read More
It’s Easy to Believe Conspiracy Theories When Your Country Conspires Against You
From 1979 to 1981, at least 28 black boys and young adults were murdered in the South. Atlanta Monster is a podcast that explores the disturbing and complicated case of Wayne Williams, the person a jury found guilty of what has come to be known as the “Atlanta Child Murders.” → Read More
‘Black Panther’ and the Revenge of the Black Nerds
A triumphant movie confirms what we knew all along: We’re cool. → Read More
Each of the Grammy-Nominated Albums Since 2007 That Should Have Won Album of the Year
The Grammys rarely get it right. → Read More
Christmas Ain’t Christmas Without My Grandma
The last time I saw my grandmother alive was at my uncle Bobby’s funeral. She looked tired. Grandma breathlessly said, “Hello,” almost unable to get out of her chair. We did our usual routine. I told her how much I missed her. How I wished I had more time to stay, but had to hit the road. I needed to be in Oklahoma City the next day for a speaking engagement. I was beginning to make a name for… → Read More
Snow Ain’t the Only Thing White During Christmas, so I Give You the Top 10 Blackest Holiday TV Shows and Movies
My son Quinn loves Christmas. Like—he loves it in a watch-How the Grinch Stole Christmas-on-the-Fourth of July kind of way. → Read More