A guide to self-checking Black skin. By Brian Vines Maya Angelou has long been credited with saying, “Do the best you can ...

During one of my last visits with my mom, Terry took a photo that I treasure. We stopped by my mother’s group home in ...

During one of my last visits with my mom, Terry took a photo that I treasure. We stopped by my mother’s group home in ...

The abundance in Black skin of melanin, the pigment that gives skin its color, offers extra protection from damaging ultraviolet rays. That makes Black people less likely than White people to get ...

"Because of the way I looked, no one questioned it... I never even questioned why my mom looked different than me." ...

"Because of the way I looked, no one questioned it... I never even questioned why my mom looked different than me." ...

The Maryland native was a recent guest on MSNBC's "The Beat with Ari Melber," where he participated in a rapid fire round of questioning.

For me, it has always been about questions of who I am, who I am becoming and how I am showing up in the world,” the artist told Observer.

A Blackfoot designer says she was shocked when her latest collection received backlash online over the sexualization of ...

HBO has cast an Italian actress as Parvati Patil, an Indian-origin Harry Potter character from the original book and the ...

British writer Bernardine Evaristo Evaristo has won the 100,000-pound Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award.

Angel Reese leads the WNBA in rebounding, and brings her intensity and controversy into the Chicago Sky-Phoenix Mercury matchup on Tuesday, May 27.