Street art mural by Mr. Brainwash located on La Brea ave in L.A. (Photo by Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images) As a former Angeleno, I have watched for over a decade the rise of artist Mr. Brainwash to ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The fan-favorite Life Is Beautiful festival is returning to Downtown Las Vegas, but it will look a little different. This year, organizers are hosting "A Big Beautiful Block Party", ...

Did you know that the Black is Beautiful movement of the 60s was inspired by the revolutionary aesthetic of a man — two brothers to be specific? In this week’s throwback thought, we’re unpacking the ...

One of the most significant social initiatives ever launched in the alcohol industry, Black is Beautiful, is making a comeback three years after it rallied craft brewers across the globe to share its ...

When “Life is Beautiful” was released in the United States in 1998, I wasn’t as wild about the movie as many others were. I appreciated the tone of director/co-writer/star Roberto Benigni’s film about ...

Photographer Kwame Brathwaite, who helped popularize the "Black is Beautiful" movement of the 1960s, has died. From Nelson Mandela to Muhammad Ali and the so-called Grandassa Models, Brathwaite's work ...

A survey of work by the celebrated photographer Kwame Brathwaite shows the early promise of a movement that profoundly affected American culture yet still remains unfulfilled. By Seph Rodney To say ...

(JTA) — Ferne Pearlstein re-watched “Life is Beautiful,” Roberto Benigni’s Oscar-winning Holocaust film, around 2015. She was working on her documentary “The Last Laugh,” which focused on the ...

It was not common, in the 1950s, to witness Black women rocking their natural hair. Before that point, wigs were the popular style choice, as Afros were frowned upon in the workplace and the ...

Over placid production from the Alchemist, the two rappers combine their respective styles—Larry June’s nonchalance and 2 Chainz’s spontaneity—for a record that’s pleasant but a bit underwhelming. No ...