Classic black and white celebrity photos tend to bring out the natural beauty of the '60s and '70s. No Photoshop is being used to enhance the colors or touch up the celebs in the photos.

DEI promised to remake academia and the American workforce. And then it collapsed, seemingly overnight. What went wrong?

Cousins from both the branches of Pope Leo XIV's extended family, the side that passed for white and the side that remained Black, are eager to reconnect.

“We wanted it to feel like a gorgeous dinner with family.” “Early on, we set out with the intention of being black and white together,” Ms. Laxton said.

Marvel Knights reveals Ketema, T'Challa’s son and a new white Black Panther, raising questions about his origins.

In keeping with tradition, New Trier High School seniors eschewed graduation gowns and mortarboards in favor of white dresses for the girls and white jackets and black trousers for the boys at thei… ...

Sebastião Salgado, renowned for his striking black-and-white photography that chronicles the human condition, environmental crises and the fragile beauty of our planet with epic depth and poetic ...

Historically, the white smoke was created by burning the ballots together with dry straw. The black smoke was made from the ballots, wet straw, and with the addition of pitch to darken the color.

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new pope has been elected.

Today, thanks to modern chemistry, the smoke is unmistakable — thick black billows for inconclusive votes, or a bright white plume when a new pope is elected.

At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new pope has been chosen.