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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…
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Politics
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…
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Politics
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…
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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…
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Food
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.
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US
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…
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Politics
Hughes Van Ellis, Tulsa Massacre Survivor, Dies at 102
Mr. Ellis was one of three known remaining survivors of the massacre, in which a white mob burned down the…
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Politics
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…
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Food
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…
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US
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…