Here’s a panel jam-packed with really smart people for you: Cathy J. Cohen, who wrote Democracy Remixed : Black Youth and the Future of American Politics, will speaking with Natalie Moore and Lance Williams, co-authors of The Almighty Black P Stone Nation: The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of an American Gang on a panel moderated by Tracye Matthews, associate director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago. more ›

For those who've been living in a cave for the past three years, this week's Sports Illustrated cover story may come as a surprise to you -- Barry Bonds used steroids! Excerpted from the upcoming book Game of Shadows, by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, the article details the extensive regiment of steroids, supplements, growth hormones and other chemicals the slugger used to bulk up on his way to breaking the single-season home run record.... more ›