For well over 30 years, poet and cultural entrepreneur Nia Damali has been a stalwart champion of Black authors and their books. As the owner and founder of Medu Bookstore, Mama Nia, as she is affectionately known in the Atlanta literary community, has been connecting readers to books and helping young, budding writers launch their careers, a task that she takes extremely seriously.

2025 was something like a Charles Dickens novel: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. For the U.S., it was a year of triumph and tragedy, controversy and challenge. We've compiled a list of the most important events that happened this year that involved or affected Black women.

The U.S. Department of Education is reclassifying professional degrees. This reclassification will hurt students and working women. For students, degree classification will determine their financial support. According to Newsweek’s Jasmine Laws, this situation may have a devastating effect on the future labor supply.