Weeks ago, I turned 44. My birthday arrived during one of the weightiest public comment periods in U.S. racial and gender history.   Between July 24 and August 24, the public submitted 2,856 comments ...

The Disappearers A Novel by Marlon James Riverhead, Sept. 1 Longlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize, James provides a layered and intimate portrait of queer life, murderous homophobia and death in this v...

Award-winning author, historian and antiracist scholar Ibram X. Kendi will soon return to Lawrence to discuss ideas from his latest book on the rise of conspiracy theories, authoritarianism and the er...

A First Folktale from the creators of Magnolia Flower, Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi, about the power of sharing. There was a cat. And there was a dog. And only one piece of pineapple… Find out if the two animals can overcome this conundrum in Zora Neale Hurston's humorous and charming folktale retold by #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Award–winning author Ibram X.

He wore tactical gear and a helmet-mounted camera on March 15, 2019. As he livestreamed himself on Facebook, Brenton Harrison Tarrant, a thirty-year-old White Australian, entered Al Noor Mosque in Chr...

He wore tactical gear and a helmet-mounted camera on March 15, 2019. As he livestreamed himself on Facebook, Brenton Harrison Tarrant, a thirty-year-old White Australian, entered Al Noor Mosque in Chr...

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How demographic statistics about assisted dying became evidence for a racist conspiracy theory

Andrew Baker responds to Tyler Austin Harper

In 2021, a former student of University of Cambridge history professor William O’Reilly accused him of plagiarism. The student noticed his prose comprised nearly half of O’Reilly’s article in the Jour...

In 2021, a former student of University of Cambridge history professor William O’Reilly accused him of plagiarism. The student noticed his prose comprised nearly half of O’Reilly’s article in the Jour...

The march was organized by an anti-Muslim activist, who Trump formerly pardoned for his role in the January 6 attack.