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As National Poetry Month comes to a close, we're celebrating these Black women poets who have changed us with their work. The help us to see our selves and makes sense of the world. They inspire us to be better and to make a difference. Here are the...

GREECE doesn’t make headlines very frequently in the United States, but when it does, we focus on the economic woes it has suffered since 2010. The story runs like this: Greece fudged its budget reports to get into the European Union’s currency zone...

Howard “Stretch” Johnson, a charismatic Harlemite who graduated from Cotton Club dancer to Communist Party youth leader, once claimed that in late 1930s New York “75% of black cultural figures had Party membership or maintained regular meaningful contact...

around town today 1-2pm (thru 1/13): shiro of japan in grand central celebrates its 44th anniversary with 44₵ poké bowls with the purchase of a beverage. >>color> 6pm: panelists from law, philosophy, and community organizing backgrounds...

“Have you heard of Nikki Giovanni?” I ask, and the woman volunteering at the sponsorship table at a local event laughs. She is African-American, and she laughs, “Do I know Nikki Giovanni? Do you know Nikki Giovanni?” I am white, and I begin to put the...