LGBTQ
Culture
The hilarious ‘A Strange Loop’ creates space for big, queer Black bodies
Playwright and composer Michael R. Jackson marries the Black church and Stephen Sondheim – and it works
Culture
‘A Strange Loop’ is ushered to Broadway
Two years after winning a Pulitzer Prize, this ‘big, Black and queer’ show comes to theater’s main stage
Culture
Single Black women and the lies about our love lives
Yes, 62% of us aren’t married. That’s not a ‘problem’ that has to be fixed.
Culture
The Black vanguard in white utopias
Country music speaks to white sentimentality, but Black women pioneer ‘and continue to pioneer’
Culture
The real reason the barbershop scene in ‘Harlem’ is so controversial
A Black space can be both sacred and harmful
Culture
Why Lil Nas X’s ‘Dead Right Now’ is the song of the year
The rapper’s vulnerability about abandonment and hatred eerily times with Boosie’s harassment of him
Culture
Douglas Lyons wants to invite Black audiences for ‘Chicken & Biscuits’ on Broadway
His Broadway debut is part of a historic season that contains eight Black playwrights.
Culture
Dave Chappelle refuses to evolve
The legendary comedian’s back with a new set, ‘The Closer,’ and largely the same bag of tricks
Sports
Briana Scurry’s World Cup-winning save opened a path for Olympian Adrianna Franch
Franch is the first African American keeper for the USWNT since Scurry