February is Black History Month, dedicated to the legacy of African culture in America. But with events commemorating the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. starting in mid-January, the San ...
This brings me to my very slowly coalescing new year resolution—to read more poetry. Edward Hirsch once wrote, “We ought to speak more often of the precision of poetry, which restores the ...
The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 48.3 million in 2023. That’s up a third (33%) since 2000, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data.