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Aren (Justice Smith) and Roger (David Alan Grier) in <em>The American Society of Magical Negroes.</em>

'The American Society of Magical Negroes': You don't wanna join this club

The film is convinced Black people on screen and in real life are, by and large, contending with the same stereotypes and barriers that we were 20 years ago.

Emmitt Glynn teaches to a group of Baton Rouge Magnet High School students on Jan. 30, in Baton Rouge, La. On Wednesday, the College Board released an updated framework for its new Advanced Placement African American Studies course, months after the nonprofit testing company came under intense scrutiny for engaging with conservative critics.

The College Board releases a new framework for its AP African American Studies course

Controversy swirled around the new course after it was rejected by the Florida Department of Education, with conservative critics accusing the College Board of bias.

This 1946 file photo shows mystery novelist and screenwriter Raymond Chandler.

A little-known poem by 'The Big Sleep' author Raymond Chandler is going to print

Strand Magazine announced that its latest issue will include a poem by the author written around 1955 that shows his "softer, sensitive side."

Professor William Nericcio meets El Santos at the Comic-Con Museum's new exhibit "Trino's World." May 1, 2023.

'Trino's World' at Comic-Con Museum showcases Mexican cartoonist

Jose Trinidad Camacho gets binational exhibition with art from his four-decade career.

Judith Attig, 78, is shown in this photo taken May 2023. Attig was the victim of a nationwide elder fraud ring. El Cajon, Calif.

San Diego case reveals nationwide elder fraud network

An El Cajon couple fell victim to a "grandparents scam" that eventually led to the unraveling of a crime syndicate known as The Enterprise.

President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders' week in Woodside, Calif., on Wednesday.

Biden announces new agreements with China on fentanyl and resuming military talks

President Biden announced new agreements on fentanyl, AI and resuming military talks with China following his first meeting in a year with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the APEC summit.

Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigns from WWE parent company after sex abuse suit

Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigned Friday from WWE's parent company the day after a former employee filed a federal lawsuit accusing him and another former executive of serious sexual misconduct.

An Egyptian truck driver removes a tarp covering humanitarian aid before it is inspected on its way to the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom Crossing in Israel on Dec. 22, 2023.

How much humanitarian aid is getting into Gaza? The exact answer can be hard to know

The need for humanitarian aid in Gaza is enormous, but trying to decipher how much aid is getting into the territory and where it's going can be tricky.

Pope Francis distributes sweets to children during the weekly general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican on Jan. 3.

The pope wants surrogacy banned. Here's why one advocate says that's misguided

The pontiff called surrogacy "deplorable." But one U.S. surrogate said the practice helps those who are unable to have children start a family.

On Taylor Swift's 11th album, <em>The Tortured Poets Department</em>, her artistry is tangled up in the details of her private life and her deployment of celebrity. But Swift's lack of concern about whether these songs speak to and for anyone but herself is audible throughout the album.

Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets' is written in blood

With The Tortured Poets Department, the defining pop star of her era has made an album as messy and confrontational as any good girl's work can get.

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