Culture
Peabo Bryson, singer behind ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and more dies at 75. By Angeline Jane Bernabe / ABC News
The Revolutionary Roots That Inspired Tupac Shakur. By Reveal / Mother Jones
How I’m Wrestling With Miles Davis’s Complicated Legacy as Artist—and Abuser. By Jimmy Briggs / Vanity Fair
The Last of the Jazz Titans. By David A. Graham / The Atlantic
The Deep Spirituality of Earth, Wind & Fire Explored in a New HBO Documentary by Questlove. By Lori Dorn / Laughing Squid
Byron Allen Breaks Silence on Replacing Stephen Colbert — And Why the Date Matters. By Erin Maxwell / TV Insider
The new Helen of Troy is Black — and that’s upsetting racists. By CK Smith / Salon
‘Michael’ Becomes Second Highest-Grossing Biopic of All Time, Beating Out ‘Elvis.’ By Charlotte Phillipp / People
How Netflix Cashes In on the Comedy Culture Wars. By Ben Schwartz / The Nation
Josephine Baker was the blueprint—her legacy still echoes through today’s biggest Black women stars. By Kay Wicker / The Grio
Motown’s Black women songwriters and producers were the invisible architects behind the pop music juggernaut. By Margena A. Christian / The Conversation
Why Wynton Marsalis thinks jazz is the perfect metaphor for democracy. By Jeffrey Brown / PBS
Black Celebs Who Slayed the 2026 Met Gala. By Capital B Staff
Black Prom Isn’t ‘Doing Too Much,’ It’s One Of Our Most Beautiful Traditions. By Shannon Dawson / Newsone
The Cost Of Dying While Black: Inside A Southern Funeral Home Where Tradition, Poverty, And Profit Collide. By Jodi Ham / Newsone
How Toni Morrison blurred the lines between being an editor and a writer. By Danielle Amir Jackson / The Guardian
Black Girls, Hair, and the Cost of Beauty. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / On Race in America
Controversies and Production Issues Around ‘Michael,’ the Jackson Biopic, Explained. By Brooks Barnes / NYT
The Temptations’ Otis Williams: ‘Our Motown contracts were like slavery.’ Bu Mick Brown / The Telegraph
History: Sade, Luther Vandross, Wu-Tang Clan, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte among 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees. By Brandon Caldwell / The Grio
Dave Chappelle stands firm through backlash and considers revisiting ‘Chappelle’s Show.’ By Jonathan Landrum Jr. / AP
Who Is Black Comedy For? By K. Austin Collins / The Atlantic
Trick Daddy Defends His Music After Performance at AKA Event is Cut Short. By Phenix S Halley / The Root
Remembering Pearl Bailey, an early queen of stage and screen. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Bill Cosby ordered to pay $19m over sex abuse claim. MSN
Afroman prevails in cops’ music video defamation suit after a brief but viral trial. By Rachel Treisman / NPR
