The idea that black folks are being overly sensitive about something that’s “just a word” is a common one: A 2012 suit against AA Foundries alleged that a “top company official” used the ...

Don’t tell me: “You’re not Black, so sit this conversation out.” I won’t. When social norms are set exclusively by those in the echo chamber, they lose their tether to rational thinking.

Friday’s moment when TV host Bill Maher uttered the n-word was not the first time he crossed the line where race is concerned. Long before Real Time With Bill Maher was a thing, Maher once ...

And even among the black people who do use that word, it's often confined to a locker room, a bar at 3 o'clock in the morning, or the midnight poker game at their cousin's house after too much beer.

Second, in my lifetime, people of color will compose a majority in America. Finally, as any Black or Brown person will tell you (and as echoed in the words of Prince), there is nothing minor about us.

Goldman Sachs removes the word ‘Black’ from diversity programs as Trump continues to pressure companies to end DEI. Program founded to address Black female wealth gap reportedly now open to ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Atlantic staff writer Clint Smith about his new book, How the Word is Passed, which looks at slavery as being central in America's history.

Ten Black newspapers have joined forces to create Word In Black, a platform to amplify the Black experience by reporting and sharing stories about Black issues. The collaboration is part of the ...