Beyoncé's visual album Lemonade sampled a few artists but one of the most striking, memorable samples came from the voice of civil rights leader Malcolm X. Lemonade is about the power and strength of ...

Our notions of good and evil are as malleable and evolving as the society around us. Whereas once we used to burn opinionated women as witches, or assume seizures were a sure sign of demonic ...

In 2001, the Portuguese government did something that the United States would find entirely alien. After many years of waging a fierce war on drugs, it decided to flip its strategy entirely: It ...

Beyoncé surprise-released a pro-black trap anthem, "Formation," on Saturday, the eve of her 2016 Super Bowl halftime performance with Coldplay, calling on black women to unite while marking her return ...

You know what’s got layers? Onions, ogres, and historic films preserved by the Library of Congress! In a move that’s just over a decade overdue, Shrek has finally been recognized as a “culturally, ...

When Dylann Storm Roof attacked Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on Wednesday, he killed nine African-Americans and left behind a manifesto decrying the low IQ ...

Like almost anywhere else in the world, Indian bookstores tend to place national bestsellers at the entrance, enticing readers as they walk in. Foreigners might be surprised to discover the book very ...

Ivan Kuliak wasn’t a very well known gymnast before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. After racking up domestic accolades as a junior elite athlete, he made headlines worldwide at the World Cup in ...

He has a wife, two kids, a noble steed, and looks just as good in a suit and tie as he does when he’s wearing the “Kiss the Chef” apron you bought him and holding a spatula. With the exception of the ...

This week, when Jessie J, Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande's "Bang Bang" was released, the Internet erupted. Right away, it sounded like a hit. That's because it was written by Max Martin, the legendary ...

It’s safe to assume that few moviegoers went to see It this weekend looking for a treatise on race in America. Most went to be terrified by the demon clown introduced in Stephen King’s 1986 novel, and ...

The New York Times featured a story this weekend charting the relationship between Americans' geographic birth place and their future success and fame. (The piece measures success and fame by the ...