According to a PEN America report, more than 4,300 book bans have occurred in over 23 states and 52 public school districts from July 2023 to December 2023. That’s a 33% increase from the start ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, HOST: And the Wimbledon Championships begin on Monday.Next, to racial equality and the conversation that many black parents all across America have with their children ...

The Black family has long served as a cornerstone in Black America’s pursuit of power within a system built on their labor—often without fair compensation or full acknowledgment.

With Black sports history under attack, a new book offers recognition ‘Play Harder,’ is rich history of baseball that shows how players like Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays contributed not ...

A new PEN America analysis examines the more than 10,000 instances of book bans during the 2023–2024 school year and reveals which topics are most targeted Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial ...

March 2 is Read Across America Day. The day, which is meant to encourage and celebrate a love of reading in young people, might sound like a great idea if you’ve been watching the news lately ...

National Geographic gave him a grant to keep shooting photos of Black cowboys. Flush with success, Tarver sought out a book deal in the 1990s, knocking on doors of New York City publishing houses. But ...

THE BLACK UTOPIANS: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America, by Aaron Robertson Looked at from a certain surface-level perspective, the whole notion of Black utopianism can seem to ...