'Nobody Really Knows What Happened.’ Yes, We Do.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Let’s remember what Chris Brown and Rihanna taught us: Battering is wrong, even if you’re cute and famous. And stop blaming the victim.

Meshell Ndegeocello Is Back With a New Album—‘Devil’s Halo’

“I get a lot more criticism,” says the jazz-funk veteran, “from people of color when I’m in a relationship with someone outside my race.”

Remembering the Buffalo Soldiers

"As bad as the past has been," says one African American veteran, "there's nowhere else I want to be."

Wade in Hot Water

Going into today's game against Kansas City, the Dallas Cowboys are 2-2, and maybe the most disappointed, if not disappointing, team in the NFL, at least by Dallas standards. Will head coach Wade Phillips be the first NFL coach to be fired this year?

Why Obama Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

In issuing the prize to Obama, the Nobel Committee decided to take a chance and do something relevant; hope for peace.

Is My 4-Year-Old Racist?

She is already making observations based on skin color. The question is how to keep those observations from turning into prejudice.

What's Wrong With the Nobel Peace Prize?

From Eleanor Roosevelt to Gandhi, Foreign Policy lists the transformative figures that should have, could have, but didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Men Have ‘Good Hair’ Issues, Too

Caesars, fades, size-ups, faux-hawks, even Jay-Z’s “peasy head”—one guy’s barbershop journey through life.

Michael Moore's Capitalism Is Creaky

But this country needs someone like him breaking it all down, serving up realities we’d rather not see.

The Naked Truth About Serena Williams

Her decision to pose nude diminishes her accomplishments and plays to the perception that black female bodies are pornographic.