Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry

The new Netflix series “High on the Hog” traces the history and significance of African American foodways. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is planning to start paying off loans for Black farmers and other farmers of color. 

The Supreme Court will decide a number of important rulings in the weeks ahead, on everything from voting restrictions to LGBTQ+ rights to the Affordable Care Act. 

Recent reporting in Politico found that national border closures, visa restrictions, and persistent uncertainty have forced international students to leave campus.

Even amid dropping case numbers across the country, the disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on communities of color persist.

Although it was originally thought that COVID-19 came from a wet market in Wuhan, China, now, researchers are looking at whether the virus came from a lab.

Texas Democrats have referred to the bill as "anti-voter legislation" and are demanding federal legislation to shore up elections nationwide.

Naomi Osaka’s decision to exit the French Open is part of a much longer history of Black athletes questioning what they really owe to predominantly white reporters.

As Europe and the United States grapple with their racist and colonialist pasts, calls to repatriate stolen art have intensified.

Across the country, state legislators have introduced bills that target members of the transgender community.

On May 31, 1921, a violent white mob killed hundreds of residents in the thriving Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The American Rescue Plan that President Joe Biden signed into law in March sought to remedy the lack of a strong child care infrastructure by expanding the child tax credit.

The president's budget attempts to incorporate plans on infrastructure, housing, and healthcare, and is likely to receive conservative backlash for raising the federal deficit.

Plus, a look at one specific city’s efforts to reallocate funds back to the community. 

"Pause with Sam Jay" is a break from the standard late night format, and focuses more on intimate conversations between Jay and her comedian friends about complicated topics. 

Finding moments of Black joy has become an outlet from what can feel like a never-ending cycle of news about the pandemic and other injustices. 

The fallout in the wake UNC's refusal to give Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure has reignited a conversation about the opportunities that are frequently denied to Black professors in academia.

Over the years, abortion providers in Texas have faced obstacles in providing patients with reproductive health care.

Around this time every year, there is list after list of the buzziest books hitting shelves in the coming months.

Recently, there’s been a number of controversies surrounding book deals for former Trump administration officials and other polarizing figures.