By Derek Major, Black Enterprise — The Boston City Council voted unanimously to study how it can provide reparations and other forms of atonement to Black Bostonians for its history…
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The unanimous vote means Boston now joins a conversation about reparations that is happening across the country. By Michael Casey, Associated Press — The Boston City Council voted Wednesday to…
The committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol recommended Donald Trump be charged with multiple crimes. By Greg Walters, VICE — Congress has never recommended that a former…
Mark Rutte apologized Monday on behalf of his government for the Netherlands’ historical role in slavery and the slave trade. By Robin van Lonkhuijsen, Jan Hennop, AFP — Dutch Prime…
Dr. Jared Ball interviewed by BWMN’s Dr. Todd Burroughs after being named a 2022 Freedom Scholar. Dr. Jared Ball is the host of iMiXWHATiLiKE! with Jared Ball podcast, the flagship…
By Wayne State University — The Mellon Foundation awarded a $6 million grant to Wayne State University to launch a cluster hire program that will recruit and hire 30 new…
Statement by Dr. Ron Daniels, Convenor of the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC), on President Biden’s Apology for American Slavery. The U.S. Africa Summit finally received some press…
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is appointing a reparations commission that will “recommend a proposal to begin repairing the harms that have been inflicted” by slavery, segregation and racism. By…
War in Ukraine has forced Europe to seek out fossil fuels in Africa. But the economic benefits for Africans are questionable and the environmental consequences are being ignored. By Ruth…
Black male teachers can make a big difference in the lives of their students — why are they so rare?
Statewide, just 1 percent of public school teachers are Black men. Even in Boston, which has the highest number of Black male educators, the proportion is just 7 percent. By Christopher…
By BBC News — Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that African countries must wean themselves off “begging” the West to earn global respect and change poor perceptions about the…
By Nicki Brown, CNN — An entrance to Central Park will be named the “Gate of the Exonerated” to honor the group of Black and Hispanic teens known as the…
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