I assume Jacobs-Jenkins was hoping for a reaction like that, because much of the nearly mathematical pleasure of watching ...

The new play directed by Phylicia Rashad follows the influential Jasper family, whose long-held secrets are laid bare during ...

Originally commissioned for Chicago’s Steppenwolf’s storied ensemble and directed with verve by Phylicia Rashad, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Purpose builds like a gathering storm, crackling with static ...

Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

The older son, named for his father, is the more obviously wayward. Raised to uphold Solomon’s political legacy, Junior ...

Jenkins could have written Broadway’s blistering “Purpose” and had the chutzpah, or the clout, to so eviscerate a powerful, ...

Soul and gospel singer and civil rights activist Mavis Staples has been at it for seven decades, crafting a legacy most could only dream of.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 12, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

From bathrobes to biopics, Kelvin Harrison Jr. has enjoyed a colorful career leading up to "O'Dessa," which premieres March ...

On New Year’s Day, Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomed 2025 by reminding Chicago leaders of the headwinds Black politicians like him face. The mayor sent a Crusader piece from last October titled, “Are ...

Cambridge Public School officials plan to increase the number of teachers and paraprofessionals at the King Open and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. elementary schools to account for the influx of ...

I wrote this for the Miami Herald shortly after Donald Trump first took office, in 2017. I could have written it today.