“Sesame Street” has often introduced new Muppets to teach children about topics like autism, HIV and homelessness. Now, the show’s two newest characters, 5-year-old Wes and his father Elijah, will offer a lesson on […]
The 63rd Grammy Awards scored 8.8 million viewers Sunday on CBS, the smallest audience on record for the annual telecast, continuing the ratings tailspin for TV trophy shows. While the […]
Of course, Chris Harrison should be able to keep his job as “The Bachelor” host. The guy made a mistake, owned up to it, has apologized profusely and even took […]
Dutch writer Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, who won the International Booker Prize in 2020, has withdrawn from a project to translate Black American poet Amanda Gorman’s work following a backlash against the commission. Rijneveld, who […]
“Bachelor” host Chris Harrison said Saturday he is “stepping aside” from the show “for a period of time” after defending a frontrunner on the current season who came under scrutiny for social […]
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., whose birthday we celebrate on Monday (Jan. 18), received the Nobel Peace Prize for 1964 and was Time’s man of the year for 1963. It’s not […]
The Portland City Council formally outlined plans to demand reparations for black Americans and Native Americans last week, escalating fringe calls that have become mainstream in the Democratic Party for restitution for […]
Joe Biden’s pick to run the Justice Department’s enormously powerful Civil Rights Division is a woman called Kristen Clarke. Clarke says her job is simple: End hate. But like so many […]
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have yet to publicly say whether they will grant a meeting with Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors. Cullors requested a meeting with the Biden/Harris team last […]
