
Banco do Brasil, one of country’s biggest banks, under scrutiny as institutions called to account for role in trafficking of Africans. By Constance Malleret, The Guardian — Brazilian prosecutors have…
Banco do Brasil, one of country’s biggest banks, under scrutiny as institutions called to account for role in trafficking of Africans. By Constance Malleret, The Guardian — Brazilian prosecutors have…
Women make up 51% of the population, and Afro-Brazilians 56%, but no Black woman has ever sat on the highest court. By Constance Malleret, The Guardian — A young Black…
By Rafael Bernal, The Hill — A group of Haitian-American elected officials is calling on President Biden to withdraw support for a Kenya-led peacekeeping mission in Haiti, which they say will bolster…
By April Rubin, Axios — President Biden joined striking autoworkers in Detroit on Tuesday, marking what appeared to be the first time a sitting president has ever visited a picket line. Why it matters: The…
The harm caused by transatlantic chattel slavery is vast, and its repercussions continue to resonate in the lives of the descendants of the enslaved. Scholars have long worked to document,…
Cattle may have been imported from Africa centuries earlier than historians thought. By Andrew Curry, AAAS — Think “cowboy,” and you might picture John Wayne riding herd across the U.S….
Hunter-Gault talked to MPR News host Angela Davis about her latest book, her conversation with Nelson Mandela, how she made history and why Black history needs to be told. By…
By Ralph Tedy Erol, Reuters — Haiti’s most powerful gang leader called for the armed overthrow of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, urging Haitians to take to the streets against the…
After a quarter of century of combating structural racism and pushing back against the rise of hateful and intolerant far-right policies, the European Network Against Racism believes now is the…
A painful history of destabilizing interventions looms over international efforts to pull together a security force. By Widlore Mérancourt and Amanda Coletta, Washington Post — Antonio Saint Louis lives in…
UN secretary general says no country has comprehensively accounted for the past. By Aamna Mohdin, The Guardian — A UN report calling on countries to consider financial reparations for transatlantic…
Ahead of his address at the UN General Assembly, Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel payed tribute to Malcolm X in Harlem. The ceremony marked 63 years since the historic meeting between…