Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry

The new Roxie Hart in the Broadway musical "Chicago," is played by the first openly Trans woman to hold a leading role in a major Broadway musical. 

After an 8 year break, the Tony Award-winning Broadway star returns as The Witch in a reprisal of "Into the Woods."

New disturbing photos obtained by Gothamist, reveal just how bad the conditions are at Rikers Island, and the extreme neglect of some of the defendants held there.

With more women, LGBTQ+, Black and Latino candidates on the ballot this November, voters could elect representatives who more accurately reflect the demographic makeup of the country. 

Megan Piphus Peace is the first Black woman puppeteer at Sesame Street U.S., voicing the character Gabrielle.

Bianca Graulau's work as a freelance journalist covering gentrification and government corruption in Puerto Rico was featured in Bad Bunny's music video for the song “El Apagón.”

A recent decision from a federal judge allows Louisiana's Governor to move ahead with a plan to relocate incarcerated teens to a facility on the grounds of the state’s penitentiary.

Former White House photographer for President Reagan and President Obama discusses his new book of photos from "The West Wing and Beyond: What I Saw Inside The Presidency."

Many Russians escaping claim they hate the war, but felt powerless to stop its onslaught.

As Congress will likely avoid a government shutdown this week, midterm congressional candidates look ahead to the home stretch of their campaigns. 

We’re looking at the race for Governor of Michigan where the candidates are the incumbent Gretchen Whitmer and Tudor Dixon.

The new animated series, Spirit Rangers, debuts on Netflix on Indigenous People’s Day, October 10th.

The TikTok buzzword, "Quiet Quitting" is a trend that refers to not actually quitting, but doing only the requirements of the job description.

Nearly 200 years after the Cherokee were displaced by forced migration to the West, the tribe is renewing its push to send a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives.

A podcast from Heather McGhee continues the research and reporting from her bestselling book, "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together."

We get the latest updates on the women-led protests in Iran after the death of the Mahsa Amini, and we also look at intersection of feminism and revolution in these demonstrations.

Atlantic staff writer Adam Serwer updates his bestseller, "The Cruelty is the Point," with today's political discourse in its new paperback version. 

With Puerto Ricans once again feeling abandoned in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, is it time to move toward statehood? 

Lynsey Addario is an award-winning photojournalist who has spent the last two decades bringing a human element to the world’s most devastating disasters.

Following another devastating hurricane, we speak with La Brega podcast host Alana Casanova-Burgess and hear "desahogos" or "vents," from the Puerto Rican diaspora.