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Olivia Dean was one of a few women who won at the 2026 Grammys. Chris Torres/EPA Men rule the Grammys as women see hard drop in wins at 2026 awards Luba Kassova, University of Westminster In her acceptance speech for best pop vocal album at the 68th Grammy Awards ceremony last night, Lady Gaga shone a light…

(Credit: HBCU Week NOW) HBCU filmmakers are celebrated by Black Public Media and Maryland Public Television during the inaugural HBCU Week NOW Student Film Festival. The festival, which began Jan. 27, features 10 selected films from a pool of 36 submissions from across the country. The winning filmmakers are students and recent graduates of Hampton…

Native Americans have been working with state and federal officials to boost tribal participation and leadership in maternal mortality review committees to better track and address pregnancy-related deaths. (Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) Native Americans have been working with state and federal officials to better track and address pregnancy-related deaths. Just hours after Rhonda Swaney left a…

The Native American actors portraying the Choctaw riders in the film. (Credit: Indigenous.tv/Instagram) Rachel Stuart, Brunel University of London Warning: this article contains minor spoilers for Sinners. Sinners is a vampire film set in Jim Crow-era Mississippi, a time of harsh segregation and racial injustice. The vampire is Irishman Remmick (Jack O’Connell), who is drawn…

Groups from both sides of the debate gathered on on January 13, 2026 in Washington, DC to protest while two cases that prohibit transgender girls from joining girls’ and women’s sports teams are heard inside the Supreme Court. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images) This story was originally reported by Kate Sosin of The 19th. Meet Kate and read…

The second Trump administration has weakened federal civil rights law and is shredding the foundations of America’s racially inclusive democracy. (Credit: iStock/Getty Images Plus) Spencer Overton, George Washington University One year after Donald Trump’s second inauguration, a pattern emerges. Across dozens of executive orders, agency memos, funding decisions and enforcement changes, the administration has weakened federal…

Tamara Tunie and Clifton Davis in Beyond the Gates (Credit: CBS) “Beyond the Gates” PSA Campaign Spotlights Know Your Lemons’ Important Initiatives The CBS daytime drama BEYOND THE GATES and the Know Your Lemons Foundation have partnered to raise awareness about important life-saving initiatives through a powerful new storyline that began airing on Dec. 15,…

‘Buddies,’ which premiered on Sept. 17, 1985, cost just $27,000 to make. Vinegar Syndrome/Roe Bressan/Frameline Distribution Scott Malia, College of the Holy Cross First it was referred to as a “mysterious illness.” Later it was called “gay cancer,” “gay plague” and “GRID,” an acronym for gay-related immune deficiency. Most egregiously, some called it “4H disease”…

American history has largely left out the stories of Filipina women who acted as volunteer aides to U.S. Army Nurses like those imprisoned as World War II POWs in the Philippines. (U.S. Army) This piece is published in partnership with More to Her Story, a nonprofit newsroom publishing features, op-eds and investigations centered on women and…

Dakarai Larriett wants Alabama to be safer for all. (Photo: Dakarai Larriett for Alabama, Canva) US Senate hopeful Dakarai Larriett wants Alabama to be safer for all Alabamians, especially where interactions with the police are concerned. And after the Nov. 4 elections, in which Democrats won in overwhelming margins across the country, Larriett feels like…