The Latest Breaking News from James Baldwin

Anthony McCarthy, a regular around Baltimore City Hall and veteran of numerous political campaigns, sat in a circle of reverends in Ellicott City Wednesday evening. They prayed over him as his eyes welled with tears.

Héctor Tobar is tired of the Latino caricature.

Books open our minds and are a powerful tool against bigotry, misunderstanding and “other-ism,” state Sen. Mike Simmons writes. Yet more than 1,600 book titles have been banned across the country. A bill would prohibit book bans in Illinois.

An expansive new exhibition, on the 100th anniversary of his birthday, sees notable names from Cindy Crawford to Spike Lee pick their favorite images

From Mary Wesley’s throuples to James Baldwin’s heartbreak in Paris, writers have long been obsessed by ‘the most sought-after and least examined emotion’. Here Lucy Knight picks her top 10

NEW YORK — Billy Porter’s dream role of playing writer James Baldwin has turned into reality.

Porter to star in and co-write film based on 1994 biography of influential writer and civil rights activist

WASHINGTON — Maryland Democratic Rep. Glenn F. Ivey got his start on Capitol Hill with a conversation about jazz. After blanketing members of the Congressional Black Caucus with his résumé, Ivey landed an interview with one of its founders, Democratic Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan. Instead of talking politics,…

Freshman Rep. Glenn Ivey returns to D.C. having worked for John Conyers, Paul Sarbanes and former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle.