There is no blueprint for what happens next when a Black, goal-oriented, Type A, self-injuring, bulimic turns one year older — I have a confession: I hate my birthday. This year, July slid past me with the efficacy of a pickpocket: after it was long gone, I realized that something precious was taken from me. When the month of August arrived, I could feel the dread literally choking me, and I…

Ugandan-American Jessica Nabongo is on a quest to visit every country in the world. Learn how she’s changing the travel narrative while having the adventure of a lifetime. — Photographs by Anjelica Jardiel Cultural ambassador Jessica Nabongo’s work is about changing the travel narrative that Westerners tell themselves when they journey abroad. She is the founder and CEO of Jet Black, a travel firm that promotes tourism to a number of countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and Central and…

Until last week, I made a point to stay out of the discussion about Colin Kaepernick and his right to kneel during the national anthem. …

There is something poignant about holding space, making people acknowledge you

It’s been almost a week since Beyoncé dropped Lemonade, the complex, nuanced visual album that helped launch her Formation tour and set the entire Internet abuzz. …

It’s a tough time to be a Black academic. Paris, a city that gave many African-American intellectuals shelter during dark times in American history, is in a state of mourning and disarray. Last week, portraits of Black professors were defaced — at, of all places, Harvard Law School. Among them…