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Camaraderie and Visibility: A Festival for Black Classical Musicians

“You feel like you’re home,” a bassoonist said of the Gateways Music Festival, which for 30 years has provided Black…

World

Black Voters Have New Power in Mississippi. Can They Elect a Democrat?

The fall of a Jim Crow-era election law and a restoration of felons’ voting rights have given Black voters new…

Business

A New Membership Club Bets on Black Business

Marva and Myriam Babel spent much of the past few years thinking about the concept of a space, especially how…

World

Louise Meriwether Dies at 100; in 1970, a New, Black Literary Voice

Writing of life in Harlem, she emerged at the same time as Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou but never achieved…

Magazine

How Jesmyn Ward Is Reimagining Southern Literature

Jesmyn Ward gestured with her eyes and a tilt of her face, hands on the wheel. “This crazy colored house…

World

Review: In ‘(pray),’ Nourish Thyself With Song and Dance

An exploration of how faith intersects with Black womanhood, through a mix of music, movement, ritual and poetry.

World

Nancy Mace’s District Moved Right. Then She Helped Oust McCarthy.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on Representative Mace’s newly drawn South Carolina district, which has gotten redder since…

World

An Overdue Lesson on Antiracism

The recent turmoil at Ibram X. Kendi’s Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University, with more than half its staff…

World

A Spike Lee Joint via Movie Posters and Sports Jerseys

Lee, the director of “Do the Right Thing” and “Malcolm X,” donated more than 400 items for a Brooklyn Museum…

World

On Senate Choice, Newsom Was in a Box of His Own Making

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California’s choice of a successor to Dianne Feinstein was complicated by two television interviews that attracted…

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