The musician, producer and archivist is driven by one thing: a mission to spread the joy of Black music.

A profile of a new icon.

At 28, I thought my life was pretty settled. Nope.

For more than 20 years, Judith Sheindlin has dominated daytime ratings—by making justice in a complicated world look easy.

“In a landscape in which black people dominate the culture but have few recognized channels to respond to it, the show, which stars two American black men, provides a venue for black authority in the mainstream.”