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Char Adams

Reporter, NBC BLK

I am an award-winning journalist covering race and identity for NBC News. I mainly focus on social justice, systemic patterns and culture.

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I am an award-winning journalist covering race and identity for NBC News. I mainly focus on social justice, systemic patterns and culture.

Do you have a news tip you want to share with our journalists? Visit NBC News Tips to learn more.


Latest from Char Adams

44d ago

Black Men Smile prioritizes Black joy in bleak times

Ten years ago, Carlton Mackey, like much of the country’s Black population, was overwhelmed with media images of death, anger and unrest in the wake of Michael Brown’s killing.
73d ago

Trump administration uses King's 'Dream' speech to introduce executive orders cutting DEI

A White House official announced Trump’s executive order dismantling federal DEI programs, saying it honors "civil rights champions" who wanted all Americans to "be treated on the basis of their character, not by the color of their skin.”

Beloved Black-owned bookstore in Pasadena becomes a safe haven for fire victims

Octavia’s Bookshelf has transformed into a resource center for locals displaced or affected by the wildfires.

California prisoner firefighter program draws harsh criticism amid L.A. wildfires

Months after Californians voted against an amendment to end inmate servitude, incarcerated firefighters are on the front lines.

Opposites attract in 'Abbott Elementary' crossover with 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'

The highly anticipated crossover episode of “Abbott Elementary” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” blends the raunchy, NSFW style of the FX show with the witty, family-friendly romp.

New laws for 2025: AI safeguards, legacy admissions and transgender health care

With the new year comes an array of new laws slated to take effect across the country throughout 2025 on issues like artificial intelligence, legacy college admissions and surgical care for transgender youth.
99d ago

Biggest hip-hop moments of 2024, from Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ to Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ arrest

In the world of hip-hop, 2024 has been full of drama, viral moments, triumphs and letdowns.
103d ago

Biden has appointed more Black federal judges than any other president

As Biden confirms his final judicial nominees before his single term in office ends, he is on track to have appointed the most federal judges of color of any president.
135d ago

Percival Everett's 'James' wins National Book Award for fiction

Percival Everett’s new novel, “James,” a retelling of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of Huck’s enslaved companion, won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday.
136d ago

Columbus Black leaders organize counterprotest after neo-Nazi march in their city

A group of Black leaders and locals marched through Columbus, Ohio, in a unity rally Sunday, one day after neo-Nazis walked through the same streets carrying Nazi flags and chanting racial slurs and white nationalist slogans.
139d ago

Black Twitter helped define the internet — so where will the exodus from X lead?

Black social media users, one of X’s most engaged demographics, are among the users leaving Elon Musk’s platform since the polarizing presidential election.