If the Supreme Court weakens Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination in redistricting, it could usher in ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A black tongue can occur due to certain medications or drinks. It can also be a sign that dead skin cells are accumulating on your tongue. While it may be alarming to see, a black tongue generally isn ...

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.

Let the stirring words of Rosa Parks, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King Jr. and other famous Black voices move you. February is Black History Month. The commemoration began nearly a hundred years ago ...

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, ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Black Americans’ experiences, habits and attitudes around news and information. The main source of data for this study is a Center survey of ...

Skin cancer on Black skin can be harder to detect because many lesions are black or brown. Many dermatologists also lack familiarity with Black skin, which can delay diagnosis. People of all skin ...

Only seven of the United States' 615 billionaires are Black, Forbes' Billionaires List shows. All seven of the billionaires on this list are self-made, although their sources of wealth range from ...