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What if O.J.’s Trial Happened Now?

Among the signature images of O.J. Simpson’s acquittal of the murders of his ex-wife and her friend was the contrasting…

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Review: ‘The Wiz’ Eases Back to Broadway

Almost 50 years after it debuted, this classic Black take on “The Wizard of Oz” tries to update its original…

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Black Prisoners Face Higher Rate of Botched Executions, Study Finds

Lethal injections of Black people in the United States were botched more than twice as often as those of white…

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A Child’s-Eye View of One Black Family’s Covered-Wagon Journey

Lesa Cline-Ransome’s new novel in verse adds female voices to the late-19th-century Black homesteaders movement.

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It’s Time to End the Quiet Cruelty of Property Taxes

Property taxes, the lifeblood of local governments and school districts, are one of the most powerful and stealthy engines of…

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Rev. Cecil Murray, Leader Amid Los Angeles Riots, Dies at 94

He used his church, First African Methodist Episcopal, as a base to address the social ills that confronted the city’s…

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Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Settles the Score With Haters — and With History

Beyoncé released a genre-bending country album, “Cowboy Carter,” last week. After listening to it in all the requisite settings —…

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Hollywood’s New Fantasy: A Magical, Colorblind Past

Films and TV shows keep reimagining history as a multiracial dream world. Is that really a step forward?

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On London Stages, Uplifting Tales of Black Masculinity

“For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy” and “Red Pitch” offer generous portrayals of…

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‘Freaknik’ Documentary Invites Viewers to Black College Spring Break

A new Hulu documentary delves into the legendary Atlanta event and surfaces relics of 1980s and ’90s culture that were…

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