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’t a sign of anything serious. You might also notice ...

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 emigrants and their descendants for centuries. Yet, as a ...

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" and "African American" has become a prominent ...

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 economic factors. Share on Pinterest Getty Images ...

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 at least 20% of Black men would support Trump — an ...

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, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder ...

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 when historian Carter G. Woodson initiated a week-long ...

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. But overall, their ratings of the places where they ...

Perry is a Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution and is the author of the book Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities In August 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that over the last two ...

Black people have contributed to American society and culture from this country’s founding, and of course, Black History Month is a good time to acknowledge that. After all, you probably never learned about many of the Black figures and inventors who ...

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 4,742 U.S. adults who identify as Black. Black adults ...

Lines wrapped around department stores, fights over products and crowds so large they poured out of retailers’ front doors used to be par for the course on Black Friday. But in recent years, what defines the shopping event has changed significantly.

Black athletes have dominated sports, with some of the most recognized icons in tennis and basketball. Gen Z is continuing this trend with Root 100 honoree Coco Gauff, who made headlines for being the world’s highest-paid female athlete in 2025.