In response to a series of tweets from President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday that attacked civil rights legend John Lewis for taking no action to…
As the Senate hearings for Jeff Sessions’ nomination as attorney general ran into their second day, I kept thinking about the movie Hidden Figures, which…
The dark clouds of the coming administration rolled in this week with a fury, producing a flood of strange and worrisome news. There was the…
Eight years ago the world was on the brink of a grand celebration: the inauguration of a brilliant and charismatic black president of the United…
Donald Trump’s victory has become an occasion for soul-searching and fierce debate among liberals, leftists, and their allies. But lost in the mix of all…
“The best people.” This refrain rang throughout Donald Trump’s presidential campaign; at times, it seemed to be his justification for being in the race at…
On Jan. 20, Michelle Obama will hand her home over to a man who rose to power in part by spreading lies about her husband…
On Jan. 20, Donald Trump will become president of the United States of America. Donald Trump is an authoritarian and demagogue who meets the definition…
It’s going to be painful for African Americans to watch Obama leave the White House only to be replaced by that man. And that’s just…
As President Obama prepares to leave the White House, now is as good a time as any to reflect on the ways in which he…
Our first black president will turn over the White House next month to a man I took to calling the Orange Hindenburg, back when I…
After President-elect Donald Trump’s recent victory, some of his supporters celebrated by flying Confederate battle flags from pickup trucks and waving them at rallies. But…
Any history of black people in America will have to look closely at the year 2014. In a cascading series of events that summer, the…
When I went to Mississippi to cover the trial, I had no idea that the story would become so relevant again more than 60 years…
