The brand will change its packaging and name to Ben’s Original, more than 70 years after it made an elderly Black male character the face of its products.

Regina King tied a record for most wins by a Black actor, and Zendaya made history as the youngest to win as a lead drama actress.

Colorlines speaks with literary activist Ron Kavanaugh on building community—and curricula—around Black and brown authors.

Intellectual sparring was his love language. He died this week at age 74. 

Tardy wrote on Facebook: “Politically correct lip service and symbolic gestures do not absolve you of the daily responsibility of doing business in a fair and equitable manner.”

From newly declassified files to interviews with former MLK confidantes, the film confirms how and why the FBI surveilled and plotted to destroy King.