BLACK SISTERHOOD IS HELPING WOMEN GET THROUGH THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY. My entire childhood, my family had one unspoken rule: Do not bother Mom during her Phone Time. Phone Time […]
Race Matters: “Can I End This Friendship?” Welcome to the very first Race Matters advice column… Dear Race Matters, I have a friend from childhood with whom I’ve kept in […]
WHEN CHOOSING WHERE TO EAT, RACE MATTERS. New Yorkers are more likely to choose to eat out at a restaurant in a neighborhood with demographics that reflect their own individual […]
WE STILL AREN’T PREPARED FOR THE FACT TRUMP MAY STEEL THE ELECTION. As the threat grows, the question becomes, what will we do to resist? Multiple times a day, people […]
AN EXAMINATION OF THE TIMES’ FAILURES ON RACE, OUR APOLOGY AND A PATH FORWARD.. The headline was stripped across the top of the front page, “Marauders From Inner City Prey […]
CARDI B HAD THE BEST DEBATE COMMENTARY. Last night’s presidentialdebate was completely unwatchable, so much so that it’s difficult to eloquently convey the uniquely miserable viewing experience. Donald Trump went characteristically […]
BET FOUNDER ROBERT JOHNSON SAYS ‘I WILL TAKE THE DEVIL I KNOW,’ ADDING HE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT BIDEN WILL DO. Black Entertainment Television founder Robert Johnson told CNBC on Wednesday he’s […]
JOE BIDEN IN DEBATE : ‘COPS AREN’T HAPPY TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO BREONNA TAYLOR’. Breonna Taylor’s name came up during Tuesday night’s presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former […]
PROUD BOYS CELEBRATE TRUMP’S CALL FOR THE HATE GROUP TO ‘STAND BY’. Members of the violent hate group known as the Proud Boys celebrated after a callout from President Donald […]
SOUTH CARONIA CITY APOLOGIZES TO BLACK RESIDENTS FOR RACIAL INJUSTICE RESULTING FROM ITS POLICIES. Brenda Lee Pryce has waited decades for an apology from the city of Spartanburg after her neighborhood was […]
BLACK APPALACHIANS FIND HOPE IN NATIONAL RECKONING ON RACE. Some Black Appalachians say their history and struggles are finally being recognized more widely in the wake of this year’s nationwide […]
KIDS’ PERCEPTIONS OF POLICE FALL AS THEY AGE. FOR BLACK CHILDREN THE DECLINE STARTS EARLIER AND IS CONSTANT. The deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and most recently Dijon Kizzee at the hands of officers […]
THE PERSISTENT BLACK-WHITE UNEMPLOYMENT GAP IS BUILT INTO THE LABOR MARKET. Many economists find it promising that the U.S. unemployment rate fell from a high of 14.7 percent in April 2020 to 8.4 percent […]
WHY IT MATTERS WHEN BLACK LIVES MATTER CLOTHING IS BANNED. The controversy around BLM fashion highlights the systemic racism that the movement is trying to change. Formula One has banned […]
HOW PRIVATE BLACK TRAGEDY SHAPES AMERICAN POLITICS. Breonna Taylor’s family is now in a traumatizing but influential fraternity—one whose shared history reaches back generations. Every Black family has a trauma […]
A NEW ZWIRNER GALLERY WITH AN ALL-BLACK STAFF. The dealer David Zwirner has hired Ebony L. Haynes, a gallerist who is Black, as the director of a new exhibition program […]