Head of DC’s African American museum on leave as Trump targets Smithsonian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/02/kevin-young-african-american-museum-trump-smithsonian #Trumpadministration #BlackUSculture #WashingtonDC #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Museums #Culture #Museums #USnews #Race
‘Defend yourself’: the Memphis gun club educating Black women and children on firearm safety https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/black-gun-clubs-naaga #BlackUSculture #USpolicing #Tennessee #Culture #Memphis #USnews #Race
The future happens in Oakland first. That’s a cautionary tale for global cities https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/22/oakland-pacific-circuit-book-alexis-madrigal #Shippingindustry #BlackUSculture #California #WestCoast #Business #Oakland #Culture #Society #USnews #Books #Race
‘We’re going backwards’: the Black student unions forced to close on US campuses https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/black-student-unions-us-schools #USuniversities #BlackUSculture #USeducation #USnews #Race
‘The blue blues have never left us’: a new book examines the color’s spanning ties to Black culture https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/04/imani-perry-black-in-blues-book #BlackUSculture #Culture #Essays #USnews #Books #Race
Brooklyn’s fraught history with slavery is examined in a new exhibit https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/03/brooklyn-slavery-history-traces-exhibit #BlackUSculture #Brooklyn #NewYork #Slavery #USnews #Race
Over 3,000 beauty products targeting Black women contain health hazards, study shows https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/25/black-women-beauty-products-hazardous-ingredients #Trumpadministration #BlackUSculture #USnews #Beauty #Makeup #Race #PFAS
An unassuming building in New York City educated Black leaders. What will become of it? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/22/new-york-city-colored-school-no-4 #BlackUSculture #USeducation #Education #Children #NewYork #Schools #Culture #Society #USnews #Race
Laverne Cox’s Clean Slate offers a nuanced, hilarious view of Black trans life https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/feb/20/clean-slate-laverne-cox-black-trans-tv #Television&radio #BlackUSculture #UStelevision #LGBTQ+rights #Transgender #Television #TVcomedy #Alabama #Culture #Comedy
‘This is Black hair’: technological advances are making waves in animation https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/feb/07/black-hair-animation-technology #BlackUSculture #Lifeandstyle #Women'shair #Men'shair #Culture #Beauty
‘It’s buzzing here’: Detroit’s revival takes shape after decades of decay https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/04/detroit-revitalization #Technologystartups #Automotiveindustry #BlackUSculture #Technology #Michigan #Business #Detroit #USnews #Race
‘It’s buzzing here’: Detroit’s revival takes shape after decades of decay https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/04/detroit-revitalization #Technologystartups #Automotiveindustry #BlackUSculture #Technology #Michigan #Business #Detroit #USnews #Race
‘We can be weirdos too’: the Black mermaids creating their own fantasy worlds https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jan/01/black-mermaids #BlackUSculture #Culture #USnews
Why do Black women consistently vote Democrat? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/19/why-black-women-vote-democrat #Reproductiverights #USelections2024 #BlackUSculture #KamalaHarris #UShealthcare #Republicans #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Democrats #USnews #Race
From field to farm: the US pro athletes trying their hand at agriculture https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/06/athlete-farmers #BlackUSculture #Blackfarmers #Environment #USsports #Farming #USnews #Sport #Food #WNBA #NFL
From field to farm: the US pro athletes trying their hand at agriculture https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/06/athlete-farmers #BlackUSculture #Blackfarmers #Environment #USsports #Farming #USnews #Sport #Food #WNBA #NFL
Amy Sherald: ‘Sublimity in Black life can be seen in our ability to persist’ https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/nov/26/amy-sherald-san-francisco-nyc #BlackUSculture #Artanddesign #SanFrancisco #Exhibitions #Painting #Culture #NewYork #Art
The Piano Lesson review – Washington family get stuck into August Wilson’s powerful play https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/07/the-piano-lesson-review-washington-family-get-stuck-into-august-wilsons-powerful-play #JohnDavidWashington #DenzelWashington #Filmadaptations #BlackUSculture #SamuelLJackson #AugustWilson #Dramafilms #Culture #Stage #Film
‘I was a coke fiend, I made a lot of bad choices’: Garrett Morris on SNL’s early days – and how the show lost its courage https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/ng-interactive/2024/oct/31/garrett-morris-snl-interview #SaturdayNightLive #Television&radio #BlackUSculture #Culture #Film #Race
South Carolina’s Penn Center included in Unesco network to preserve enslaved people’s history https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/29/south-carolina-penn-center-unesco #BlackUSculture #SouthCarolina #UnitedNations #Slavery #Culture #Unesco #USnews #Race
