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Family and legacy laced through Malcolm Washington's 'The Piano Lesson'

Malcolm Washington talks about bringing the play The Piano Lesson — about a brother and sister battling over what to do with a family heirloom piano — to the big screen with his whole family.

In Elite Schools' Vast Endowments, Malcolm Gladwell Sees 'Obscene' Inequity

In a recent op-ed, law professor Victor Fleischer accused top universities of "hoarding" billions and billions of dollars. And Gladwell, a New Yorker writer, agrees — in much harsher language.

Malcolm X speaks at a news conference in the Hotel Theresa, in New York, May 21,1964. Two of the three men convicted in his 1965 killing are set to be cleared Thursday after insisting through the years that they were not guilty.

2 men convicted of killing civil rights leader Malcolm X are exonerated in court

Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam spent more than a half-century being thought of as murderers of one of the nation's most important Black leaders in 1965.

Malcolm X's daughters sue the CIA, FBI and NYPD over the civil rights leader's assassination

A $100 million lawsuit claims the agencies were aware of and were involved in the1965 assassination plot and failed to stop the killing of the civil rights leader.

Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, 'Cosby Show' star, has died at the age of 54

The actor and Grammy Award winner died in a drowning accident Sunday while on vacation in Costa Rica.

Kurt Rhoads and Nance Williamson in "The Matchmaker" at Hudson Valley Shakespeare

Thornton Wilder's "The Matchmaker" at Hudson Valley Shakespeare through 8/3

Kurt Rhodes and Nance Williamson star as Horace Vandergelder and Dolly Gallagher-Levi in “The Matchmaker” by Thornton Wilder at Hudson Valley Shakespeare in Garrison, New York through August 3.

Open Forum: Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism

Terrorism is on the front page of every newspaper these days, whether it’s acts of violence perpetrated by ISIS or BokoHaram, last week’s damning…

8/28/20 Panel

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond.Today's panelists are WAMC's Alan Chartock, UAlbany Lecturer in Africana…

9/30/20 Panel

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond.Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, Siena College Professor of…

9/1/20 Panel

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond.Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, investigative journalist and…

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