“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 […]
*This spring, multiple disciplinary artist Sanford Biggers will transform Rockefeller Center with several public art exhibitions, including the highly anticipated monumental Oracle sculpture. Presented by ART PRODUCTION FUND and ROCKEFELLER CENTER, in partnership with MARIANNE BOESKY GALLERY, and several years in the making, Biggers will be the first artist invited by Rockefeller […]
Hong Kong (CNN)For a week, China’s Long March 5B grabbed global attention, as space agencies and experts closely tracked its trajectory, speculating where debris would fall upon the rocket’s uncontrolled reentry.In China, however, the country’s space administration stayed silentfor days amid criticism that allowing such a […]
A Black child was reminded earlier this week that he has a robust support system behind him after being falsely accused of stealing food from a local supermarket. On Wednesday, May 5, dozens of students and teachers from Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy and local […]
The publication of the letter to her estranged father has damaged their relationship Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex has scored another legal victory in her civil suit against a British newspaper over the publication of a personal letter she wrote to her estranged father. AstheGRIO previously reported, […]
Have you ever come across a story that you know you’re supposed to be upset and offended by, but it’s just so damn hilarious that you forget to be disgusted? School officials in Piedmont, Calif., are apologizing for their plans to organize a “support circle […]
Right now, Republicans across the country are on a mission to whitewash America’s history in a way that protects white feelings and scrubs the stain of anti-Black racism from the nation’s fabric. GOPropaganda lawmakers have been introducing legislation to ban things like Critical Race Theory and The 1619 Project from school curricula, the military and the workplace and they’ve […]
Talking to children about race and racism is a difficult undertaking for parents, regardless of their background. And a small but timely new study published this week suggests white parents may have an especially long way to go in leading those conversations, finding that many are still espousing a […]
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