For some Americans, the 1990s marked a time of peace and prosperity. For others, it was a time of exacerbated inequality and ...

It would not be possible for Black people to be celebrated the way we are today without those who paved the way before us, whether they’re musicians or athletes. Last year, we lost so many legends ...

"It was a mix of everything that was great about Black culture," a Hofstra professor says of the genre, which burned bright ...

Cooper was more than a screenwriter. He was a storyteller whose pen immortalized Harlem’s struggles and triumphs. With New ...

Influential screenwriter and music journalist Barry Michael Cooper died last month at age 66, and there’s no better way to ...

WNBA star Caitlin Clark sat first chair next to Swift during the Chiefs playoff game against the Houston Texans in January 2025, and her status as an elite athlete make her a compelling guest for the ...

A reimagining of Judy Blume’s influential — and controversial — 1975 novel Forever… for a new generation, the series adaptation tells the epic love story of two Black teens, Keisha Clark (Simone) and ...

Netflix has dropped the teaser trailer for Forever, the upcoming series from Mara Brock Akil, which is an adaptation of the Judy Blume novel. The cast includes Lovie Simone, Michael Cooper Jr., Karen ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a pioneering journalist and screenwriter, died on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in Baltimore, Md., at 66. Cooper’s death was confirmed by a representative for Spike Lee, according to ...

Signup now for our FREE acclaimed racial justice newsletters. “It is almost midnight in Harlem,” Barry Michael Cooper wrote at the start of his article about crack cocaine for “Spin ...

There is no discussion of 1990s-era Black movies without films written by Barry Michael Cooper, the Harlem, New York, born-and-raised journalist turned screenwriter who penned “New Jack City,” “Sugar ...