NEW YORK (AP) — The December holidaysare supposed to be a time of joyful celebration, but the season

We're supposedly living in a renaissance for Black women and queer folks in hip-hop, with so many ru

At 85, Roberta Flack is still telling stories. For some five decades, Flack captivated audiences aro

Composer, saxophonist and devout Buddhist Wayne Shorter died last week at age 89. His visionary comp

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is pushing toward a vote on legislation that would provide full Social

It's been a dozen years since Bret Easton Ellis published a novel. And his latest, The Shards, is a

How should U.S history be told, and who gets to tell it? Debate over these questions has raged for y

Otsuka has recently been awarded the Carnegie Medal for Excellence for her novel about a Japanese Am

The AP Top 25 college football pollis back every week throughout the season!Get the poll delivered s

This essay by George M. Johnson is part of a series of interviews with — and essays by — authors who

Slate film critic Dana Stevens traces Keaton's trajectory, from performing in his family's vaudevill

Bajo la sombra de los abedules y los jacarandás en flor de lo que fue la ESMA (Escuela de Mecánica d

Sean "Diddy" Combsis getting hooked up with a computer as he awaits trial on sex trafficking, racket

If you're entering an Oscar pool, or if you're just figuring out which Oscar-nominated movies are wo

Missouri's House of Representatives kicked off its new session by tightening its dress code — but on