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This year’s Met Gala is honoring Black fashion for the first time in its 77-year history. It’s an indirect celebration to be sure. Although the Costume Institute’s Spring 2025 exhibition ...

Astronomers have caught a black hole far from the center of its home galaxy ripping a star to shreds — providing, for the first time, direct evidence of a rogue supermassive black hole in action.

This year's theme, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," celebrates menswear and Black dandyism. The latter is a style and a movement of Black culture, once expressed by men like Langston Hughes.

From tailored jackets and silk ties to playful fedoras and pocket squares, Black dandyism isn’t just a campy style—it has served as a powerful political act throughout history. Black dandyism ...

But for Black dandyism, this isn’t just about looking good – it’s a declaration. A defiant reclaiming of space in a world that has long sought to define and confine Black identity. So, what exactly is ...

The Black Capital Study + Projects and UNI John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center brought five Black-run food operations and their delicacies to campus and took away any excuses about not having ...

The guest curator of a new Met exhibition on Black style offers an annotated early look at a Dapper Dan jacket, André Leon Talley’s luggage and more. The guest curator of a new Met exhibition ...

The 2025 Met Gala dress code is "Tailored for You," a nod to the museum's "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" Costume Institute exhibit, which will be on public view from May 10 to Oct. 26.

UPDATE, May 12, 6:01 a.m. PT: Netflix has removed “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs the Reverend“ from the streaming service. Netflix’s pulling its ...

A panel of three federal judges says the Alabama Legislature intentionally drew its congressional district map to dilute Black voting strength, which is unconstitutional and violates the Voting ...

While this process is held in secrecy, the rest of the world is informed on the group's daily decisions by white or black-colored smoke funneled from the top of the Sistine Chapel. Black smoke ...