
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…
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…
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…
By Amanda Marcotteand, Salon — After the dramatic arrest of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in Bermuda on Monday night, the Department of Justice laid out a series of fraud charges against…
The never-questioned trillion-dollar budget that Congress tosses at the Pentagon every year normalizes war. Where is our peace budget? By Robert Koehlerdec, LA Progressive — Two dogs walking. One of…
A summit offers the Biden administration a chance to compete with rivals, while testing its commitment to democratic values. By Nosmot Gbadamosi, Foreign Policy — The United States Is Back…
The United States will commit $55 billion to Africa over the next three years as President Joe Biden prepares to host the U.S.-Africa summit this week and discuss 2023 elections…
By Jeff Mason and Daphne Psaledakis, Reuters — U.S. President Joe Biden will announce on Tuesday the establishment of an advisory council on engagement with the African diaspora in the…