Six long years. That’s how long it took for the Associated Press and the New York Times to respect Muhummad Ali’s wishes and call him by...

Being asked to say your name in English is a bit jarring. Equally astounding was a law librarian (my supervisor at a part-time job during...

Today’s Stairwell Teatro Episode is about the Soul Queen of New Orleans: my namesake Irma Thomas, whose first name is pronounced Ur-ma....