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How to watch the 2025 Met Gala's legendary red carpet

The annual event, which ushers in the spring exhibit for the Costume Institute at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, is known as fashion’s biggest night.
Photo Illustration: TV screens with images of the Met Gala co-chairs (Pharrell, A$AP Rocky, Colman Domingo, Lebron James, and Lewis Hamilton)
Photo Illustration: TV screens with images of the Met Gala co-chairs (Pharrell, A$AP Rocky, Colman Domingo, Lebron James, and Lewis Hamilton)

The Black dandy: More than a century of sharp tailoring, resistance and attitude

An evolution of Black men’s style and tailoring, which the Met Gala will celebrate Monday.
Photo Illustration: Archival images of Black menswear through history, including André Leon Talley
Photo Illustration: Archival images of Black menswear through history, including André Leon Talley
6d ago

State Department labels Haitian gangs as terrorist organizations

The Viv Ansanm coalition and the Gran Grif gang will now be labeled as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and as Specifically Designated Global Terrorists by the State Department. 
A man carries his belongings as he flees gang violence in Haiti
A man carries his belongings as he flees gang violence in Haiti
7d ago

Prominent pastor notified books loaned to African American museum may be returned amid review

One of his items is an edition of “The history of the Negro Race in America” by George Washington Williams, written in 1880.
Smithsonian Black Museum Artifacts
Smithsonian Black Museum Artifacts
7d ago

Africans say a Black pope would be nice to have, but they're not too hopeful

Catholic Africans think it would be a long shot, but some are cautiously optimistic that Pope Francis’ successor could be a Black cardinal from their continent.
Side by side of Peter Turkson, Robert Sarah and Fridolin Ambongo Besungu
Side by side of Peter Turkson, Robert Sarah and Fridolin Ambongo Besungu
7d ago

An executive order ended 'illegal DEI' program to stop raw sewage from infiltrating Alabaman homes

A $26 million federal program to help residents of Lowndes County, Alabama, who have dealt with inadequate sewage systems for decades was stopped by an executive order.
Fetid water pools outside a mobile home in Lowndes County, Ala.
Fetid water pools outside a mobile home in Lowndes County, Ala.
8d ago

Ex-Memphis officer took photo of Tyre Nichols after fatal beating and shared it, investigator says

Three former officers are charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression in Nichols' 2023 death.
Preston Hemphill.
Preston Hemphill.
8d ago

Education Department opens investigation into Chicago Public Schools

The federal agency will look at whether a program aimed at boosting academic achievement among Black students violates federal law.
Chicago Public Schools signage.
Chicago Public Schools signage.
8d ago

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Robert De Niro's daughter Airyn comes out as transgender

The 29-year-old spoke to Them, an LGBTQ magazine, about starting hormone therapy and finally embracing her femininity.
Robert De Niro.
Robert De Niro.
8d ago

Defense tries to chip away at murder charges against 3 ex-officers in Tyre Nichols' death

Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, fled a January 2023 traffic stop after he was yanked out of his car, pepper-sprayed and hit with a Taser.
Former Memphis police officers Justin Smith, Demetrius Haley and Tadarrius Bean
Former Memphis police officers Justin Smith, Demetrius Haley and Tadarrius Bean
9d ago

Frustrations, fear of erasing history voiced after artifacts returned from African American history museum

Owners of historical objects loaned to the NMAAHC, which is part of the Smithsonian Institution, said their items are being removed from view.
An exterior view of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
An exterior view of the National Museum of African American History and Culture

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