It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. This is 2018, in a few nutshells.

Black women candidates have successfully navigated the primary season with little help from the Democratic establishment.

If there were a Mount Rushmore for greatest singers of all time, it’s quite possible that each image carved from the mammoth wall of granite could be of Aretha Franklin. The woman also known as the Queen of Soul began her musical reign as a precocious teen in Detroit before her infectious voice swept the world off its feet.

In a year that saw 45 inaugurated as president of the United States, 2017 shaped up to be one of the most challenging in recent memory­.