Elizabeth Alexander will take a brief leave of absence from her role as First Lady Jill Biden’s communications director to help stand up the messaging arm of President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign ...

Few people have had careers that have championed diversity on as many fronts as Elizabeth Alexander. She has focused on the cause as a scholar, a writer, a teacher, an artist, and now as president of ...

You could say Elizabeth Alexander was raised among monuments. Growing up in Washington, D.C., she was surrounded by them. When she was a toddler, her parents took her to the March on Washington in ...

Mellon Foundation President Elizabeth Alexander, on a visit to the Watts Towers in January, says monuments are a critical part of the civic landscape. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) She also came ...