
More than 200 people rallied outside San Francisco’s City Hall to urge supervisors to act on reparations for Black residents. By Janie Har, AP — Reparations advocates urged San Francisco…
More than 200 people rallied outside San Francisco’s City Hall to urge supervisors to act on reparations for Black residents. By Janie Har, AP — Reparations advocates urged San Francisco…
Georgetown University and the Jesuits have made a $27 million pledge to the descendants of enslaved people sold to fund the school. By Iman Milner, Black Enterprise — Georgetown University…
By Madison Pina, Howard University News Service — Unity and service were two ideas that Howard University’s 18th president, Ben Vinson III, focused on during his speech on Friday at…
By Matt Spetalnick, Reuters — The Biden administration is preparing to unveil new regulatory measures to allow more U.S. financial support for small private businesses in Cuba, a person familiar…
Lloyd’s of London and Church of England also to be approached over role in past exploitation. By Donna Ferguson, The Guardian — Caribbean nations are preparing formal letters demanding that…
Amid right-wing backlash and setbacks in the historic effort to rewrite the dictatorship-era constitution, Pinochet’s shadow still hangs heavy. By Carole Concha Bell, NACLA — Ahead of Chile’s 50th anniversary…
Caribbean activists helped make reparations a mainstream concept. Now they hope ex-colonial powers will commit to paying, even if it’s not the trillions of dollars slavery is estimated to have…
While it’s widely believed that Howard University came to be known as “The Mecca” in the 1960s, new evidence shows the nickname is more than half a century older than…
Everyone’s a Google expert, but it can be difficult to tell what’s true when it comes to reproductive health. Here are trusted resources. By Anissa Durham, Word In Black —…
Throughout US history, a ‘white backlash’ has worked to keep Black officeholders and their constituents out of power. Atlanta DA Fani Willis is just the latest. By Rodney Coates, Professor…
There is new hope for Brazil in President Luiz Inácio Lula’s courageous stand against racism, says Hippolyte Fofack. By Hippolyte Fofack, New African Magazine — The US State Department’s annual…