A smart and timely review of the new Wynton Marsalis album.

A North Carolina cracker proclaims the reign of rap's highest hound a triumph of decadence over the numbing boredom of the status quo, in the tradition of the Marquis de Sade and Arthur Rimbaud.

Sue Monk Kidd, Augusten Burroughs and more in this week's bestselling books courtesy of Powells.com.

Ben Carson's offensive comments about the Holocaust are part of the larger "just world" theory of conservatives.

Queer erotics has its place in the sun at Burning Man's utopia. How fitting that the sun got too hot.

Why a fender bender became a media storm that isn't going away

School vouchers were supposed to be a straight liberal vs. conservative issue. Why, then, are black urban Democrats jumping on the same bandwagon as the Christian Coalition?

The GOP chair charged with outreach to non-whites uses a slur against American Indians

"Apprentice" D-lister blames violence at "Brooklyn boy" Trump's rallies on media bias, Black Lives Matter

"We power awesome communities," boasts the news site's about page. But awesome communities for whom?

Three writers talk about growing up white in a black neighborhood.

Zev Borrow reviews De La Soul's fourth album "Stakes is High".

The Body Shop's Anita Roddick sets off a lively debate about pimps and hos.

He's trying to win the primary by presenting himself as an authentic and successful culture warrior

Biden's big bill is a breakthrough on energy — but there's a long way to go. These three steps should come next