January 10, 2026

A special BNV tribute to those we lost in 2025

By Allison J. Davis
Black News & Views

Ahead of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime
show, a primer on Afro-Puerto Rican music

By Eugene Holley Jr.
Black News & Views

WATCH: America’s rural hospitals in crisis

Greg Morrison
Black News & Views

Fundraisers preserve legacy of late Tulsa Race Massacre survivor

By Sughnen Yongo
Black News & Views

WATCH: Black real estate developer in metro Atlanta fights extended
alleged municipal harassment, part of nationwide trend

By Greg Morrison
Black News & Views

As the COP30 climate summit wraps up in Brazil, descendants of
escaped enslaved Africans seek recognition for environmental work

By Kiratiana Freelon
Black News & Views

Saxophonist Mark Turner ‘plays’ the work of Harlem
Renaissance writer James Weldon Johnson

By Eugene Holley Jr.
Black News & Views

Black women claiming power through lifting

By Tadi Abedje
Black News & Views

WATCH: Children of civil rights leaders share significance of the National Urban League's new headquarters in Harlem

By Allison J. Davis
Black News & Views

Unemployed Black women get a boost from energetic advocate

By Alexis Rogers
Black News & Views

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National

WATCH: Black real estate developer in metro Atlanta fights extended alleged municipal harassment, part of nationwide trend

December 31, 2025

Remembering those we lost in 2025

December 23, 2025

Fundraisers preserve legacy of late Tulsa Race Massacre survivor

December 5, 2025

Viola Ford Fletcher, oldest survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at age 111

November 24, 2025

Arts & Culture

Ahead of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, a primer on Afro-Puerto Rican music

December 29, 2025

Saxophonist Mark Turner ‘plays’ the work of Harlem Renaissance writer James Weldon Johnson

November 26, 2025

Reggae giant Jimmy Cliff, star of landmark film ‘The Harder They Come,’ dead at 81

November 24, 2025

The Ohio Players — still fired up, hoping for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

November 6, 2025

2023 BNV Black Pearls

BNV BLACK PEARLS: Halle Bailey rises above race-related criticism, shines in ‘The Little Mermaid,’ ‘The Color Purple’

December 29, 2023

Beyoncé performs during the ABC telecast of the 94th Oscars on March 27, 2023, in Los Angeles. Photo credit: Mason Poole/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images

BNV BLACK PEARLS: Beyonce, Blue Ivy set examples through work ethic, diplomacy, belief in people

December 29, 2023

BNV BLACK PEARLS: Black ballet dancers stretch beyond the stage, classroom to help others

December 29, 2023

Boston Celtics' Jaylen Brown during the first half of an NBA preseason basketball game, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, in Amherst, Massachusetts Photo credit: Jessica Hill, The Associated Press

BNV BLACK PEARLS: Celtics’ Jaylen Brown committed to NBA success, social justice

December 29, 2023

Politics

BNV SPECIAL REPORT: COVID-19’s IMPACT on EDUCATION

In the era of COVID-19, Tulsa public schools lost a generation of Black and brown children

March 20, 2023

Educators share how disparities impacted Oakland high schoolers during COVID-19 pandemic

March 20, 2023

Virginia man shares his story of being disabled by COVID

March 20, 2023

COVID-19’s lasting impact on one Washington, D.C., family

March 20, 2023

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett announces US Senate bid in Texas, tells Trump ‘I’m coming for you’

December 9, 2025

Judge dismisses Letitia James, James Comey indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed

November 24, 2025

As the government is set to reopen, the timeline for SNAP benefits remains uncertain

November 13, 2025

What’s in the legislation to end the government shutdown?

November 10, 2025

Hurricane Katrina: 20 years later

PERSPECTIVE: Hurricane Katrina took something from New Orleans, but we’ve always been resilient

August 28, 2025

WATCH: Remembering Hurricane Katrina 20 years later

August 28, 2025

Traci Curry is the producer of "Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time." Here, she is seen at the Sixth Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards on Nov. 14, 2021, in Brooklyn, New York. Photo credit: Diane Bondaref, Invision/The Associated Press

Director of NatGeo’s “Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time” talks with BNV about creating the groundbreaking documentary

August 28, 2025

Tony Reid carries belongings from his flood-damaged home in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans on Oct. 3, 2005. Photo credit: Charlie Riedel, The Associated Press

From Morial to Pierce to all who love New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina survivors reflect 20 years later

August 28, 2025

Sports

SPORTS HISTORY IN BLACK: The NBA’s James Harden leads Houston Rockets to a win over the New York Knicks

December 31, 2025

SPORTS HISTORY IN BLACK: Barry Sanders reaches a top spot in the NFL — almost

November 27, 2025

SPORTS HISTORY IN BLACK: Cam Newton leads Auburn to surprise win

November 26, 2025

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson runs against the Los Angeles Rams during the first half of an NFL football game on Nov. 25, 2019, in Los Angeles. Photo credit: Kyusung Gong, The Associated Press

SPORTS HISTORY IN BLACK:

November 25, 2025

Global

Haiti’s transitional government adopts key law to hold a general election for the first time since 2016

December 2, 2025

Daniele Bendelac (far left) stands with her family and community members as Umarizal quilombo receives its land title in a ceremony on Nov. 17, 2025, in Umarizal, Brazil. Photo credit: Malungu

As the COP30 climate summit wraps up in Brazil, descendants of escaped enslaved Africans seek recognition for environmental work

November 26, 2025

Black Brazil extends invite to the world, dives into afrotourism waters

November 20, 2025

The church of Lacovia Tombstone, Jamaica, sits damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. Photo credit: Matias Delacroix, The Associated Press

Haiti, Jamaica, and Cuba pick up the pieces after Melissa’s destruction

October 30, 2025

Health & Wellness

WATCH: America’s rural hospitals in crisis

December 3, 2025

PERSPECTIVE: Marshawn Kneeland tragedy leaves waves of despair

November 13, 2025

A room at Virginia Commonwealth University's Hume-Lee Transplant Center, Richmond, Virginia. Photo courtesy of Hume-Lee Transplant Center

Meet the people defying organ donation trends for Black Americans

October 17, 2025

Serena Williams talks with her daughter, Olympia, and husband, Alexis Ohanian, after defeating Danka Kovinic, of Montenegro, during the the U.S. Open tennis championships on Aug. 29, 2022, in New York. Photo credit: Charles Krupa, The Associated Press

Fame and riches are no match for the Black maternal health crisis

September 4, 2025

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Unemployed Black women get a boost from energetic advocate

October 23, 2025

Journalists Michael Days, right, and Angela Dodson, left, in Birmingham, Alabama, in 2023. Photo courtesy of Karin Berry

An appreciation: Michael Days, pioneering Black journalism leader, dead at 72

October 20, 2025

Cheryl Smith at KDKA Radio. Photo courtesy of Texas Metro News

PERSPECTIVE: Prominent Black publisher honored by alma mater FAMU spent career giving back

October 13, 2025

Fearless Fund, forced to end grants for Black business women, resurfaces with global initative

October 10, 2025

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