Last year’s U.S. Open focused on goodbyes. This year, Gauff, the new singles champion, along with Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz, burst through the front door with plans to stay.
Category: Black People
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Carrie Mae Weems and George C. Wolfe on Defiance and Claiming Space
Two creative people in two different fields in one wide-ranging conversation. This time: the “Kitchen Table Series” artist and the theater and film director.
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Amanda Gorman, Angela Bassett and Idris Elba Star in Latest Pirelli Calendar
The tire company hired Prince Gyasi to produce its latest not-for-sale calendar, which has evolved from a showcase of (scantily clad) bodies into a vehicle for ideas.
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Occupational Segregation Drives Persistent Inequality, Study Says
New research points to the limits of education as a path to upward mobility for Black workers.
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Occupational Segregation Drives Persistent Inequality, Study Says
New research points to the limits of education as a path to upward mobility for Black workers.
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Bill Pinkney, Globe-Circling Sailor Who Set a Racial Mark, Dies at 87
He was the first Black person to sail alone by way of the arduous southern route, rounding the perilous Cape Horn and withstanding storms and loneliness.
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The Architect Elizabeth Graziolo Forges Ahead in an Open Lane
Elizabeth Graziolo is a Black female classical architect and owns her own firm. Thanks to her influence, she may soon have more company.
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Léa Garcia, Who Raised Black Actors’ Profile in Brazil, Dies at 90
Best known internationally for her breakout performance in the 1959 film “Black Orpheus,” she challenged racial stereotypes over a seven-decade career.
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Faulty Oxygen Readings Delayed Covid Care for Black and Hispanic Patients: Study
Pulse oximeters measuring oxygen in the blood often inflated the levels for dark-skinned Covid patients, who then experienced delayed care or an increased risk of hospital readmission, researchers found.
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After Several Years of Dating, Jumping the Broom ‘Felt Right’
From their first date, Dennis Bates could see himself marrying Eva McKend. And Ms. McKend was confident that he was the partner she deserved.