CULTURE

Purpose, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Tony-nominated and Pulitzer Prize–winning play, is set in the home of a Black upper-class Chicago family of

Since the passing of vocal icons Carmen McRae, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, fans have wondered, will we

When Kaden Coleman-Bennett turned 10, youth football coaches began offering his mother, Brittany Coleman, envelopes stuffed with cash to get

During the Covid pandemic, homes became central characters in our lives. For composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettists Lynn Nottage

Just released on Decca Classics, Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s Shostakovich & Britten brings together three works intimately tied to the towering legacy of Mstislav

Nina Simone, born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on February 21, 1933, in Tryon, North Carolina, was a groundbreaking singer, pianist, and

By Raymond Hagans In contemporary conversations around the quality and content of popular music, especially within the Black community, a

A seven-foot bronze statue of A. Philip Randolph welcomes travelers to Newark Penn Station. Installed on April 15, 2024—what would

On February 22, 2025, The Positive Community hosted its 6th Annual Great American Emancipation Day Awards Banquet. Over 450 friends