A Grateful Dead-loving sociology student wormed his way into a Chicago gang -- and then stuck around to write a compelling portrait of life in the projects.

A hippie can cut his hair, but a tattooed mug is forever

Why the hopeless story of a ghetto teen is just the kind of movie black people need right now

As murder rates climb alongside the mercury, I'm downright nostalgic for the inner-city homicides of my youth.

Football is more than touchdown dances and big hits in Michael Lewis' "The Blind Side," a literary take on the gridiron game.

Behind the chilling, fascinating creation of the German "documentary" about the last days of the Warsaw Ghetto

Wilmore dissects debate to gain further insight into "the effort to de-negro-fy the White House"

Ferguson has thrown a spotlight on police brutality, but it's important to remember men aren't its only victims

Video shows about 15 protesters holding candles and signs and making speeches over a bullhorn

In this follow-up to "Bangkok 8," Buddhist police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep is back, exposing more corruption -- and hilarity -- in the Thai capital's red-light district.

For U.S. politicians, targeting drug users in black communities is easier than addressing poverty and unemployment

A comic novel about a 320-pound brother whose journey out of the 'hood includes sumo wrestling and a bizarre run for political office.

Kerry Washington and Anthony Mackie star in a heartbreaking story about two ex-Black Panthers in love

Ninety percent of the protesters at the Women’s March on Washington voted for Hillary Clinton

The passionate, category-defying journalist levels her tough gaze on her own journey from the ghetto to Harvard Law School and beyond.