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12/31/2025

2025: The Year Black Progress Was Tested

A Global Wrap-Up of the Stories That Defined Us

From the rollback of DEI and mass job losses for Black women, to global migration crises, reproductive injustice, AI surveillance, and environmental harm — this year exposed how quickly gains can be stripped away.

At the same time, Black culture, resistance, and counterpower refused to disappear.
From culture-shifting music and historic recognition to reparations efforts and economic boycotts, the story of 2025 is not just what was taken — but what was defended.

Read our full 2025 Top Stories wrap-up at The Burton Wire News.

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12/27/2025

The Burton Wire News wishes you a Happy Kwanzaa.

The Seven Principles (Nguzo Saba)

Umoja (Unity): Striving for unity in family, community, nation, and race.

Kujichagulia (Self-Determination): Defining, naming, creating, and speaking for ourselves.

Ujima (Collective Work & Responsibility): Building and maintaining our community together.

Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics): Building and supporting our own businesses and profiting together.

Nia (Purpose): Making our collective vocation the building and development of our community.

Kuumba (Creativity): Doing all we can to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial.

Imani (Faith): Believing in our people, leaders, and the victory of our struggle.

12/25/2025

🖤 Independent.
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🖤 Now subscription-supported.
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Thank you for an incredible year.

Happy Holidays from The Burton Wire News on Substack.

12/25/2025

Happy Holidays from The Burton Wire! 💙🖤

As the year comes to a close, we’re reflecting with gratitude on what we’ve built—together.

🖤 This year, The Burton Wire expanded our impact by growing our community and launching a subscription-based model, strengthening our commitment to independent, community-supported journalism.

💙 We amplified underreported stories, centered Black voices across the African Diaspora, and deepened conversations at the intersection of culture, media, and community.

🖤 Because of you, we proved that sustainable, Black-owned media isn’t just necessary—it’s thriving.

Looking ahead, we’re excited about what’s next:
💙 More original reporting and storytelling
💙 More cultural analysis
💙More ways for our community to support and shape the future of independent media

We’ve been on this journey for more than a decade and now, more than ever, our presence in the digital media landscape is imperative.

Thank you for reading, subscribing, sharing, and believing in what we’re building.

Happy Holidays!

🖤 Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D.
🖤 Founder
🖤 The Burton Wire News now on Substack
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12/24/2025

Critical-thinking is a must.

12/23/2025

Happy Birthday Sarah Breedlove, also known as Madame CJ Walker, the first self-made woman millionaire in the U.S. An entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist, she embodied the American Dream, empowering others as she rose in commerce and life.

12/16/2025

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12/15/2025

Former NBA star turned actor Rick Fox enters politics.

The athlete turned actor, producer, and entrepreneur sets his sights on helping his home country.

12/15/2025

The high-profile stabbing deaths of Jubilant Sykes and Michelle and Rob Reiner highlight the need for more, not less, mental health funding and resources.

The stabbing deaths of Jubilant Sykes and Michelle and Rob Reiner demonstrate the need for more mental health resources for American families.

11/28/2025

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11/28/2025

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