Christopher Nolan’s diverse cast in The Odyssey is applaudable, but conservatives suggest a discomfort with a dark-skinned Helen of Troy.

The diversity of the ancient world is our collective heritage. Scholars say the controversy over The Odyssey reflects a centuries-long effort to whitewash the ancient world.

In one of the film’s most surreal scenes, the twins at the center of *Is God Is*—Racine, “the Rough One,” and Anaia, “the Quiet One”—pretend to be strippers for a room full of men. But while Racine is...

America turns 250 this year. Who actually built this democracy? Founding Feminists centers the women and gender-nonconforming people written out of the origin story—from Phillis Wheatley to Ona Judge ...

ICE raids intensify, Donald Trump circulates racist videos of the Obamas; Bad Bunny’s Spanish Super Bowl halftime show asked, who is America?

This year’s top feminist pop culture moments show artists, storytellers and creators faced regressive politics with imagination, joy and anger.

A conversation with "Positive Obsession" Octavia Butler biographer Susana M. Morris explores the writer’s process, imagination and lessons.

Through Art and Storytelling, Artist Harmonia Rosales' First Book "Chronicles of Ori" Brings African-Centered Myths to Life

Black Feminist in Public: Author of Freeing Black Girls and Loving Black Boys Tamura Lomax in Revolutionary Mothering During Troubled Times

The Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Project features Mary N. Elliott, museum specialist and curator of American slavery at the Smithsonian Museum.

The Sydney Sweeney American Eagle campaign shows how capitalism still packages whiteness as purity and sells it as Americana.

A viral American Eagle ad pits Sydney Sweeney against Beyonce, revives eugenicist undertones and reignites questions about beauty in America.

Claims that degrees in fields like gender studies are “useless” directly conflict with the government data collected on our graduates.

Autumn Breon is using performance and mixed media art to both celebrate Black women's achievements and honor their struggles. Her latest performance, Dignity Denied, shines a light on the case of Adri...

'Langston Hughes called the 'Joy Goddess' of Harlem's 1920s,' said A’Lelia Bundles, great-great-granddaughter of Madam C.J. Walker and author of Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance...

Historian Edda L. Fields-Black and Janell Hobson reflect on Harriet Tubman’s revolutionary Civil War raid and the power of preserving Black history in the face of political pushback.

Sinners is rightly recognized as a Black Southern gothic tale, with a plot driven by its male characters. Indeed, the film highlights the camaraderie and community of these men as sharecroppers workin...

A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.

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In movie roles, we want women—even when they are tough or funny or sassy—to always be vulnerable, to open themselves up to our judgment and our sympathy.From Anora to Enilia Perez to Wicked, this year...

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Join the movement to uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach. 50 protests, 50 states, 1 day: #50501.

Judges have a range of tools for enforcing their orders in the face of noncompliance.

Patriotic Ironies in Pop Culture: 'The Six Triple Eight,' Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé Challenge the American Myth

Attorneys general sued the Trump administration to block a NIH decision that would slash grant payments for research overhead