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Met Gala 2025 red carpet highlights: Kim Kardashian, Zendaya, Keke Palmer, Rihanna attend fashion's biggest night

This year's theme was "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," which put the spotlight on Black dandyism.
Photo Illustration: Lebron James and Pharrell Williams
Photo Illustration: Lebron James and Pharrell Williams
7d ago

Fundraiser for woman who used racial slur against child draws racist comments of support

Comments were removed from the fundraiser, which has raised more than $675,000, “due to the unacceptable volume of racist and derogatory remarks,” according to a co-founder of the Christian crowd-funding platform.
alleged playground racial slur
alleged playground racial slur

Met Gala makes history with exclusive focus on Black men's fashion

Black dandyism — style, attitude and creativity — will be on full display on fashion’s big night.
Photo Illustration: Images of Black men's fashion through  history
Photo Illustration: Images of Black men's fashion through  history

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
10d 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
11d 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
11d 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
11d 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.
12d 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.
12d 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.

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