Silencing the Guns – An African Youth Project

  ` *UNESCO, IICBA (International Institute for building capacity in Africa) and the Paris based Cartooning For Peace will host two virtual training sessions and raising awareness webinars in English and in French, on how to use cartoon art to visually send messages on the themed “Silencing The Guns” […]

Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine to be sold to developing countries at cost price

  The coronavirus vaccine produced by Oxford University and AstraZeneca will be available on a non-profit basis “in perpetuity” to low- and middle-income countries in the developing world. The details of arrangements to supply poorer countries came as AstraZeneca revealed the interim results of a phase 3 trial of […]

U.S. sees 20 straight days of 100,000 COVID-19 infections

Thanksgiving and colder weather has many worried indoor socializing will cause more coronavirus cases. As the United States prepares for this week’s Thanksgiving holiday, two million people passed through TSA checkpoints between Thursday, Nov. 19 and Saturday, Nov 21. The holiday travel is happening as […]

Black Native American descendants fight for recognition

Many Black Creeks who tried to re-enroll into the tribe have been denied Rhonda Grayson, a Black Creek Native American of Oklahoma, is one of many tribal descendants who are actively fighting to regain their citizenship in the Creek tribe. In Okmulgee, Oklahoma, there are […]

The Suffering of the Silenced

By Madison Garrett The Increased Suicide Rate In late 2019, The New York Beacon published an article about the rising suicide rate amongst Black youths. For Black children aged between 10 and 14, suicide is the second leading cause of death and for Black teenagers […]