Attorney General William Barr started out his testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday by paying respects to the late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), the civil rights icon who died this month. “On behalf of the Department of Justice, I want to pay […]
By Andraéa LaVant OPINION—In the fight for racial justice and true liberation, if one of us is not free, none of us are. From fighting for justice in the LGBTQ+ community to fighting for women’s rights, it is important to fight for everyone […]
Many of the women are running in majority white or mixed districts, some of which voted for Republicans in the past. Black Girl Magic is turning up and showing out this election year. More than 120 Black or multi-racial Black women filed to run […]
Nearly every week since “Black Lives Matter” was painted in front of Trump Tower in Manhattan, someone has unloaded a bucket of paint on the giant yellow letters. In one incident, two women shouted “All Lives Matter” as they ran across the three words while […]
By Marc Santora The Polish government, emboldened by a narrow election victory this month and undeterred by criticism from European Union leaders, is considering withdrawing from a treaty aimed at curbing domestic violence and protecting women’s rights, with the country’s minister of justice filing paperwork on Monday […]
By Joséphine Li Two months after the intensified U.S. social crisis, American corporations are quickly lining up to pay lip service to the cause. Just like tech giants Google, Amazon, and Wish stated implicitly in favor of the principles of social and racial justice, a […]
(CNN)Protests flared up across the country this weekend, two months after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis catalyzed a nationwide reckoning over race and policing. From Portland to Seattle to Louisville, Kentucky, protesters took to the streets, as the nation honored the […]
By Victor Omondi For many decades, there was a fence separating the black cemeteries from the white in the East Texas town of Mineola. But finally, the fence has been brought down. On Wednesday, in a historic moment, crews started digging up the chain-link […]
By Viviane Faver An organizational health assessment of a sample of 30 Black-led dance companies from across the United States, called THE BLACK REPORT, was released yesterday by The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD). The association did a survey, collecting financial and organizational […]
By Victor Omondi People of color have been exempted from a mandatory mask order in an Oregon county following concerns of racial profiling, the county officials reported. This comes after multiple counties in Oregon implemented face-covering measures to slow the spread of Coronavirus. […]
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