Fifty-nine African Americans are officially new citizens of Sierra Leone after a ceremony on April 29, 2021, in Freetown. “When President Bio signed my documents saying I’m officially Sierra Leonean, when I took my oath, and he gave me my passport … it was a […]
Former Atlanta Hawks NBA star Dominique Wilkins is calling out an Atlanta restaurant after he claims he was discriminated against. On Saturday, May 22, he posted a photo of a French bistro called Le Bilboquet along with a statement detailing his recent experience with them. He said, […]
British Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson is in critical condition after sustaining a gunshot wound to the head on Sunday, according to Taking The Initiative, the political party Johnson is affiliated with. “It is with great sadness that we inform you that our own Sasha Johnson […]
This month marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. On May 31 and June 1, 1921 angry white supremacists destroyed the Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, killing as many as 300 people, destroying more than 1,000 homes and burning Black businesses. An estimated 8,000 people […]
The shooting took place at 9:50 a.m. Rapper Lil Reese was one of three men whom were shot on Saturday in Chicago at a parking garage. The altercation reportedly stemmed from a issue surrounding a stolen truck. TMZ reported that a Dodge Durango was stolen and at least one […]
The Minneapolis suburb where police recently killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright has approved a package of proposals meant to begin making changes to public safety and violence prevention in the city. The Brooklyn Center City Council voted 4-1 on Saturday to pass a resolution called the Daunte Wright […]
Credits: Victor Juhasz By Viviane Faver The pandemic has highlighted what we’ve known all along- that ICE prisons are unsafe for anyone, for any amount of time. A recent New York Times investigation found that ICE detention facilities had an average infection rate five times that of prisons […]
“Boko Haram says women can’t go to school. Women should be able to make decisions for their life. I want to fight for that,” says Lydia Pogu, a survivor of the 2014 Chibok abduction Two young women, who were kidnapped by Boko Haram, are taking on the […]
By Victor Omondi Naomi Osaka took the world by storm when she clinched the title of the best tennis player, ranked by the Women’s Tennis Association. Osaka has had a good run this year, and she seems like she isn’t stopping anytime soon. The 23-year-old, who has […]
An Albany, New York, district judge ruled last week that if the parents of a biracial child do not remove the imagery of a Confederate flag they could face consequences. Justice Stanley Pritzker is not pleased parents, identified only as Christie BB and Isaiah CC, have subjected […]
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