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‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Takes Blaxploitation Seriously

H.B.C.U.s’ Sink-or-Swim Moment

How to Beat Trump at His Own Game

New York City: Are We an Empire in Decline?

What It’s Like to See ‘Slave Play’ as a Black Person

Diahann Carroll Embodied Glamour and Substance

My Father Wanted to Prove America Wrong About Race

Economics Needs More Black Women

The Forgotten History of America’s Worst Racial Massacre

I Pray for Murder (Sometimes)

Clarence Thomas Is Not a ‘Sellout’

When Anti-Immigration Meant Keeping Out Black Pioneers

No One Should Take Black Voters for Granted

Why I Quit the Writers’ Room

A Lust for Punishment

Why Trump Fears Women of Color

Why Are Florida Republicans So Afraid of People Voting?

5 Years After Ferguson, We’re Losing the Fight Against Police Violence

Let the People (of Florida) Vote

How to Close the Racial Wealth Gap