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.

“The basic problem facing Black people is their powerlessness,” he once said.

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Specific current model rebrands include the Blue SN5100 (now Optimus), the Black SN7100 (Now Optimus GX), and the Black SN8100 (Optimus GX Pro). The numbers will be retained in the new names, though apparently not the letter prefixes.

New research explores how gravitational waves from black hole systems could help scientists study dark matter, using improved models and future detectors like LISA