The conservative backlash to the acclaim of the widely-heralded 1619 Project by the New York Times Magazine has caused another controversy for journalist and 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner Nikole Hannah-Jones.

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The music world is still trying to process how Kendrick Lamar‘s DAMN. won the Pulitzer Prize for Music, considering it has been rare that anything besides classical or jazz music have been awarded in times past. The two finalists for the prize who lost to the Compton superstar certainly aren’t sour about it and say they’re also K-Dot […]

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A pair of Black writers won the esteemed Pulitzer Prize in their respective disciplines this week, both featuring works that deal with race, class and even politics. Colson Whitehead won the Pulitzer for Fiction for his critically-acclaimed The Underground Railroad book, while Lynn Nottage‘s Sweat play won the Pulitzer for Drama.