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Roy Wood Jr. during election coverage on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah in 2016. Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Comedy Central

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Roy Wood Jr. says he’s leaving ‘The Daily Show’ but he doesn’t hold a grudge

Roy Wood Jr. during election coverage on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah in 2016. Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Comedy Central Comic Roy Wood Jr. says he will not return to his position as a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show when the show resumes new episodes later this month, ending a job he first started eight years ago. The reason: Since he hasn't been offered the job as […]

todayOctober 5, 2023

In Pharoah Sanders' final years, Luaka Bop expressed interest in doing a proper reissue of Harvest Time. The label chose to release it as a box set alongside Sanders' final recorded album, Promises. Photo by John van Hasselt/Sygma via Getty Images

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A shared resting place for Pharoah Sanders

In Pharoah Sanders' final years, Luaka Bop expressed interest in doing a proper reissue of Harvest Time. The label chose to release it as a box set alongside Sanders' final recorded album, Promises. Photo by John van Hasselt/Sygma via Getty Images Autumn is here in the Western hemisphere, and with it the anniversary of the birth of John Coltrane, Sept. 23rd, a jazz holiday I call Coltrane's equinox. It's the […]

todayOctober 5, 2023

The artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons is one of this year's MacArthur fellows. Her sculptures, paintings, installations and photography are displayed in over 30 museums around the globe. When she got news of the s0-called "genius grant," she says, " I was running room to room in the house, feeling a sense of terror and elation." MacArthur Foundation

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MacArthur ‘genius’ makes magical art that conjures up her Afro-Cuban roots

The artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons is one of this year's MacArthur fellows. Her sculptures, paintings, installations and photography are displayed in over 30 museums around the globe. When she got news of the s0-called "genius grant," she says, " I was running room to room in the house, feeling a sense of terror and elation." MacArthur Foundation "When I left the town of La Vega to go to art school […]

todayOctober 4, 2023

Edward Blum, a longtime opponent of affirmative action and founder of the American Alliance for Equal Rights, at the U.S. Supreme Court last year. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled in Blum's favor against a venture capital fund that awards grants to Black female entrepreneurs. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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A federal appeals court blocks a grant program for Black female entrepreneurs

Edward Blum, a longtime opponent of affirmative action and founder of the American Alliance for Equal Rights, at the U.S. Supreme Court last year. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled in Blum's favor against a venture capital fund that awards grants to Black female entrepreneurs. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A legal battle between a program that awards grants to female entrepreneurs of color and a conservative nonprofit organization […]

todayOctober 3, 2023

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Michael Harriot’s ‘Black AF History’ could hardly come at a better time

Over the past few years, it seems that rarely a week has gone by without a news story chronicling the renewed debate about whose history matters and how — or whether — it can be taught. There have been countless specious claims about Critical Race Theory (a graduate-level framework that examines racial inequality) being taught in elementary schools. Every state but six (so far) has seen proposals to restrict the […]

todaySeptember 25, 2023

Darryl George, a 17-year-old junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, has been suspended for not cutting his hair. Michael Wyke/AP

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A Black Texas student sues after he was suspended over his hairstyle

Updated September 23, 2023 at 2:42 PM ET Darryl George, a 17-year-old junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, has been suspended for not cutting his hair. Michael Wyke/AP A Black high school student in Texas was suspended for more than two weeks for wearing a natural hairstyle that school officials say violated the district's dress code. Now, he and his mother are suing Texas Gov. Greg […]

todaySeptember 25, 2023

With a catalog that almost resembles a mosaic, and a penchant for dressing the part, no matter what that part might be, it can be hard to anticipate Teezo Touchdown's next move. Courtesy of the artist

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Teezo Touchdown’s search for the perfect breakthrough

With a catalog that almost resembles a mosaic, and a penchant for dressing the part, no matter what that part might be, it can be hard to anticipate Teezo Touchdown's next move. Courtesy of the artist Before birthing Teezo Touchdown in 2016, the Beaumont, TX rapper, singer-songwriter and producer Aaron Thomas underwent a couple of iterations — first, rapping as Aye Tee during his senior year of high school, and […]

todaySeptember 21, 2023

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Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour is a cozy, hypersonic, soul-healing experience

Beyoncé performs onstage during her Renaissance World Tour at PGE Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland. Kevin Mazur /WireImage for Parkwood / Getty Images This summer, millions of us got cozy with Beyoncé during the Renaissance World Tour. With stunning visuals, an array of costume changes, and the occasional Blue Ivy cameo, this is reportedly Beyonce's highest-grossing tour yet. Renaissance has been unlike any other Beyoncé experience, a truly communal and social […]

todaySeptember 14, 2023

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Allison Russell finds transformative musical power in community

I first encountered Allison Russell in 2019, when she joined my friends Rhiannon Giddens and Leyla McCalla, along with Amythyst Kiah, to form a quartet of female banjo players whose original songs explored the experiences of Black women throughout American history. The group dug deep into experiences both personal and ancestral, legacies of struggle, resistance and hope, producing a critically acclaimed album for Smithsonian Folkways. Allison contributed the powerful "Quasheba, […]

todaySeptember 12, 2023

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