The Notting Hill Carnival was canceled last year. But it likely wouldn’t exist at all without the efforts of Claudia Jones.

Events like J’Ouvert in New York and Carnival in London have seen violent incidents. But the way they are policed says a lot about what happens when Black people gather.

Loyal enthusiasts on what they missed in a year they needed Carnival the most.

A vibrant, skimpy ensemble worn at a Caribbean Carnival is so much more than a visual delight: “It’s a celebration of women’s glory in themselves.”

From J’Ouvert in Brooklyn to Caribana in Toronto and Notting Hill in London, Carnival has come to be a full-tilt joyfest of renewal, resistance and remembering for Caribbean immigrants. Welcome to the party.

The Biden administration plans to make good on a promise to donate $4 billion, while the pharmaceutical company Novavax pledged to donate 1.1 billion doses of its vaccine.

A shift at the Tokyo Olympics.

The United States wasn’t the only country getting pummeled with snow this week. All over the world, several regions were experiencing record amounts of snow and freezing temperatures.

For a decade, Senyawa has helped redefine how Indonesian music sounded. Now, the duo wants to revolutionize how it gets heard.

Her birth represents the first cloning of an endangered species native to North America, and may bring needed genetic diversity to the species.