In recent years, thanks to shows like Shonda Rhimes' "Scandal," there has been a rise in shows featuring black women, both on and off the screen.

"Dear White People" gets into the nitty-gritty of campus life, where students’ politics must coexist with their personal relationships, and sacred principles must endure alongside collegiate stupidity.

This week, we talk with Wajahat Ali, a contributing op-ed writer for The New York Times, where he covers religion, family life and U.S. politics.

Landrieu’s push to remove Confederate statues is told through the lens of New Orleans's chronic inability to address race and poverty.

Teaching in prison, and a racially charged encounter, amplified my consciousness of race in religious imagery.

Speaking in Chicago to a gathering of U.S. priests, Archbishop Wilton Gregory addressed racism, sexism and a host of other societal challenges that "continue to hold us captive."