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Stop the presses! If you’ve been living in a neighboring cave, you too will know nothing about the latest scandal to shock the masses. According to Google and iconic director Martin Scorsese…
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A new profile of the wonderfully foul-mouthed political scientist and rising election prognisticator Rachel Bitecofer describes her theories about voting as “unsettling,” and there’s no question that…
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When I listen to these albums, it feels like church, it feels like home.
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Gospel themes are being increasingly used as a mode of resistance.
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American elections, as we can see so clearly this season, are exercises in deception.
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The moment I entered the Black Woman is God exhibit in San Francisco’s SOMArts gallery, I knew I was on sacred ground. I found myself treading gingerly, trying not to disturb the spirits of ancestors…
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We are living in the end times—or at least, in the post-“Lemonade” era. On April 23, Beyoncé released an hour-long visual album that serves up a tapestry of the experiences of Black women, including…
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I walked away after seeing Beyoncé’s hour-long visual album, “Lemonade,” with the profound sense that I had “been to church.” And this is no small claim for someone who has devoted her life and work…
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I don’t like Beyoncé in the way that some people do—I am not a bee in the hive. I do, however, recognize greatness when I see it, and Beyoncé’s “Formation” is just that. Beyonce’s African and “Creole”…
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Et tu, Beyoncé? #ReclaimtheBindi wants to challenge cultural appropriation of traditional symbols.
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