Joy James uses poet Lucille Clifton's image of “new bones” to reflect on a series of revolutionary anniversaries in 2021 and the nature of political leadership.

Dominican racial logic frequently contradicts what US scholars think they know about how race works.

Black History Month strengthened Black German claims of kinship with their nation and the larger diaspora.

The Black political class is wedded to the centrist Democrats for its “fatback and biscuits” patronage.

Judges, prosecutors and sheriffs in many states sent people home instead of to jail last year, but new data suggests the change is not lasting.