Pope Francis, who passed away at 88, was praised by Black Americans for his advocacy for the marginalized and possible election of the first Black pope.

Poetry is a space to experiment with language — communications through this medium enables deeper emotional expression. This ...

Two graduates from Iowa colleges presented their original documentary, “The Negro Artist,” in the Memorial Union on Tuesday ...

to talk poetry with the Observer. She was in her element inside Day 6 Coffee Shop, a busy downtown cafe run by Black entrepreneurs who keep their cozy backroom loaded with books. As we spoke ...

As temperatures rise, easy-to-make infused water remedies can help prevent dehydration and heat strokes. Cucumber lemon mint, lemon fennel ginger, watermelon basil, orange cinnamon, and coconut ...

McKay often wrote in the Jamaican dialect, and while his poetry highlighted socioeconomic inequalities, it also celebrated the dignified lives in the Black community. The first stanza is excerpted ...

Journalist and author Maria Shriver stops by TODAY to discuss her new book “I Am Maria,” a collection of reflections and poems on heartbreak, healing and finding your way home.

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?

Jordan, Denzel Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, Halle Berry, and more speak about where Hollywood has been for Black talent ... there’s an undeniable motivational-speaker vibe here (a vibe ...

Perhaps no piece better exemplifies K Love’s impact than her viral poem “Million Dollar Melanin,” a tribute to Black beauty inspired by her mother’s struggles with colorism. “I wrote the ...