How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Amanda Gorman
Growing up in Westchester, Amanda Gorman’s Sundays were dedicated to one thing: church.“I went to a historically Black church and I feel like it’s always…
A guide to Beverly Hills: Best things to do, see and eat
It would be hard to find a single building that better embodies all that Beverly Hills is than the Pink Palace just off Sunset Boulevard.…
America has been divided far too long. The way forward is together
Howard University, where Vice President Kamala Harris attended college and where she will be on election night, is named after a white evangelical Christian who…
Watching ‘West Wing’ amid 2024 election will break your heart
In honor of its 25th anniversary (and seeking some political solace), I spent the last two months rewatching “The West Wing” in its seven-season entirety.…
How Ryan Crouser transformed into an Olympic shot put juggernaut
PARIS — It sounds like the plot to a cheesy black-and-white movie from the 1940s.A lunk of a guy goes out to the barn behind his…
With ‘Alkemi,’ Daymé Arocena brings a Black woman’s voice to Latin pop
Daymé Arocena believes every person of African descent born outside of the continent is given a mission in life.“You have to ask yourself, ‘Why wasn’t…
Karl Wallinger of World Party, the Waterboys dies at 66
Karl Wallinger, the mastermind behind the neo-psychedelic pop classicists World Party who also played in the Waterboys during their early years, died Sunday at age…