W. Kamau Bell reflects on his own experience with coffee shop racism in 2015. After watching the arrest of two black men in a Starbucks in Philadelphia, he writes that not much has changed.

INTERVIEW: W. Kamau Bell on season 6 of CNN’s ‘United Shades of America,’ focuses on Atlanta for first time Policing, transgender issues, protests, income inequality are addressed this year.

W. Kamau Bell: 'I don’t feel any great pressure to wrap it up in one day.' (Matthias Clame/courtesy FX/Berkeleyside) Bell said Thursday afternoon that he had heard Pearce wanted to talk to him, but he ...

Editor’s Note: W. Kamau Bell is a sociopolitical comedian and author who hosts and executive produces the CNN Original Series “United Shades of America,” airing Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

When W. Kamau Bell got started, he just wanted to make people laugh. At 21, he began with a goal of being a stand-up comedian. Then everything changed. “We had a Black president, then we had an ...

W. Kamau Bell, a comedian and television presenter with roots in Mobile, releases his book "The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell" on May 2, 2017. (John Nowak/CNN) Two days after confronting race ...

When W. Kamau Bell and his show United Shades of America won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program last Saturday, many were surprised — but none more than Bell himself. “I was ...

W. Kamau Bell is embracing the word "negro." It's a term that connects him to civil rights icons of the past. "Some people may be offended by it, but to me it just feels very like classically ...

Explore the nation's most interesting subcultures with comedian W. Kamau Bell and learn how our differences unite and divide us. United Shades of America airs Sundays at 10 p.m. starting April 24.

The executive producers are W. Kamau Bell, Jimmy Fox and Layla Smith for Main Event Media, an All3Media America Company and Amy Entelis and Lizzie Fox for CNN.

Last June, W. Kamau Bell was wrapping up We Need to Talk About Cosby—a four-part Showtime docuseries that examines Bill Cosby’s career through the context of his sexual assault allegations and ...

MARTIN: W. Kamau Bell. He hosts the show, "United Shades Of America," and he appears on the final season of Anthony Bourdain's "Parts Unknown." Kamau, thanks so much for talking with us.