But all poetry, even funny poems and short poems for kids, has a common thread: The poets who write it are interpreters. They take an honest look at events and emotions and boil them down to some ...

It’s clear that “Nickel Boys” is handcrafted with love and respect, offering the real-life victims the dignity that they’ve ...

Jericho Brown is a 2024 MacArthur Fellow and a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. He won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in ...

Thirteen-year-old writer Ariana Shaprow is displaying her poem “The Way It Should Be” at the Mosaic Children’s Museum in Woodland, California, celebrating the accomplishments of ...

Due to these heart-wrenching times, here are two Scriptures. Psalm 5:4-5 says, "For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness; with you, evil people are not welcome. The arrogant cannot ...

The Courage to Dream Black History Month Celebration will take place 6 p.m. Feb. 8 at Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St., Worcester. Doors will open at 4:15 p.m. for a preshow arts exhibition and market ...

Parents need to know that Nickel Boys is a drama based on Colson Whitehead's same-named novel about two teenage boys—Elwood (Ethan Harisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson)—who find friendship at a ...

Dark Horse Comics announced on X last weekend that it would no longer release its illustrated series based on Gaiman’s novel, “Anansi Boys.” The seventh of eight planned editions came out earlier this ...

Other days, waking up may be more akin to emerging from a black void with nothing to report. Even if you rarely recall details of your dreams, chances are you’re still having them. Research ...

So, in honor of Black love, The Root is taking a look at ... this was bound to be a dream! Also, check out the guests’ fans, which were perfect for the warm weather. We know location is ...

In the 2017-18 school year, the most recent data available, Black boys were suspended and expelled from public preschools at a rate of more than three times their total enrollment; white and ...