From cultural highs and historic wins, to moments of grief, joy, reflection—let's revisit the 25 defining moments of 2025.

Happy New Year! What a year 2025 was. It was a year that was worse for Black people than 2020, and that is saying a lot. However, despite the setbacks 2025 threw at Black people, African Americans have remained strong in the face of adversity.

Black Americans live in different types of communities across the country. For about half of Black adults (52%), the location where they currently live is important to how they think about themselves. But overall, their ratings of the places where they ...

It has been a particularly trying time for Black-owned businesses, as they have faced several obstacles beyond the usual barriers. One of these was the Trump Administration’s tariffs on imported goods.

Black Lives Matter protests have opened up conversations about the history of privilege, racism, and the lived experiences and identities of black people in America. Now, the distinction between "black" and "African American" has become a prominent ...

Black people in the United States are more likely to develop certain conditions or have worse outcomes from those conditions. The reasons for this are often some combination of genetic, social, and economic factors. Share on Pinterest Getty Images ...

There are a number of different claims as to the origin of the term Black Irish, none of which are possible to entirely prove or disprove. The term "Black Irish" has been in circulation among Irish emigrants and their descendants for centuries. Yet, as a ...

Black men had been perceived as a voting bloc ripe for Donald Trump to attract after many expressed concerns a year ago about Joe Biden’s re-election efforts. An NBC News poll at that time showed that at least 20% of Black men would support Trump — an ...

Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. An award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder ...

Black Phone 2” becomes available to stream on Peacock. Blumhouse’s sequel to the 2021 Scott Derrickson-directed horror film hit theaters last October. It saw Derrickson’s return to the director’s chair as well as Ethan Hawke’s reprisal of the villainous Grabber,

Lines wrapped around department stores, fights over products and crowds so large they poured out of retailers’ front doors used to be par for the course on Black Friday. But in recent years, what defines the shopping event has changed significantly.