November 11, 2025

NBA Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens,
godfather of Seattle basketball, dies at 88

By James H. Williams
USA Today

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

The Associated Press

California Republicans sue to block Prop 50, measure
that could bend control of the U.S. House toward Democrats

The San Francisco Chronicle

As federal workers struggle through the furlough,
organizations and officials step up to help

By Sughnen Yongo
Black News & Views

Democrats sweep key races in 2025
elections in early referendum on Trump

Unemployed Black women get a boost from energetic advocate

By Alexis Rogers
Black News & Views

Setti Warren, director of politics institute at Harvard, dead at 55

Marcyliena Morgan, founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, dies at 75

The Wall Street Journal

REVIEW: ‘The Eternal Tenure of Sound:
Damage Control’ by Gary Bartz & NTU

By Eugene Holley Jr.
Black News & Views

Laurence Fishburne, the stars of ‘IT: Welcome to Derry’
among the Black artists at New York Comic Con

By Carla Hay
Black News & Views

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This booking photo provided by the Macon County, Illinois, Jail in January 2025 shows Sean Grayson, a former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy, who is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey on July 6, 2024, in Springfield, Illinois. Photo credit: Macon County Jail via The Associated Press

Ex-sheriff’s deputy in Illinois guilty of 2nd-degree murder of Sonya Massey, unarmed Black woman

October 29, 2025

This undated photo provided by the family's lawyers in July 2024 shows Sonya Massey of Springfield, Illinois. Photo courtesy Ben Crump Law via The Associated Press

Jury begins deliberating in trial of ex-officer Sean Grayson in murder of Sonya Massey, unarmed Black woman

October 29, 2025

Former Illinois deputy accused in Sonya Massey’s murder takes stand at trial

October 28, 2025

Black gun owners charged with felonies despite valid documentation

October 25, 2025

Arts & Culture

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

November 6, 2025

Marcyliena Morgan, founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, dies at 75

November 3, 2025

WATCH: Jane Tillman Irving on Misty Copeland’s star-studded exit from professional ballet

October 24, 2025

Misty Copeland, right, and Calvin Royal III perform in a duet from "Romeo and Juliet" at Copeland's retirement performance from American Ballet Theatre at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in New York. Photo credit: Rosalie O'Connor, The Associated Press

Misty Copeland hangs up her pointe shoes after performing for adoring crowd at retirement show

October 23, 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

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

November 10, 2025

California Republicans sue to block Prop 50

November 6, 2025

Democrats sweep key races in 2025 elections in early referendum on Trump

November 5, 2025

Election Day could measure whether Trump has influence as voters decide key races in NYC, VA, CA, and NJ

November 4, 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

NBA Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens, godfather of Seattle basketball, dies at 88

November 10, 2025

SPORTS HISTORY IN BLACK: Dusty Baker of the SF Giants recognized for hard work in baseball

November 6, 2025

Kenyans set records at the New York City Marathon

November 3, 2025

Magic Johnson attends the Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Photo credit: Richard Shotwell, Invision/The Associated Press

SPORTS HISTORY IN BLACK: Magic Johnson’s wealth reaches a new level

October 30, 2025

Global

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

Hurricane Melissa leaves catastrophic damage in Jamaica, makes landfall in Cuba

October 29, 2025

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica with record strength

October 28, 2025

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa about to make landfall in Jamaica

October 28, 2025

Health & Wellness

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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Desmystifying the stigma: How silence around mental health hurts Black youth

August 18, 2025

Adriana Smith poses with her son. Photo courtesy of GoFundMe.

Adriana Smith, pregnant brain-dead woman whose case raised questions of health equity, delivers baby

June 20, 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

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