For Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie fans, it’s been a long seven years since Americanah, her last novel, and winner of the…

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Why are geniuses always evil?

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“I just want people to know the date 1619,” is what New York Times investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones told…

Autumn has only just begun, but 2020 has already been a study in contrasts: Some of us have taken to the streets,…

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Y’all remember Christian Cooper, the Central Park bird watcher who gave us the Watergate of viral Karen stories?…

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Hollywood is riding the woke train—without making any necessary stops along the journey to do the real work.

Nubia—say her name and make sure you never forget it.

Writer George M. Johnson has yet to see themself represented accurately in media. Growing up black and questioning…

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