UN-Backed Report Reveals Rising Climate Change Risk Across Africa
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Photo: YouTubeClimate change contributed to mounting food insecurity, poverty and displacement in Africa last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and...
Color Of Change, Vera Institute: Anthony Scott’s Death Illustrates Humanitarian Crisis Inside Rikers Island
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Photos: TwitterTuesday, Color Of Change and the Vera Institute of Justice spoke out against the ongoing crisis of violence and death...
Power Coalition Condemns U.S. Supreme Court’s Support of Qualified Immunity
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Hochul, de Blasio Heartlessly Send Pre-Trial Rikers Inmates To Upstate Prisons
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Photo: YouTubeThe following is a Wednesday statement from the People’s Coalition for Manhattan DA Accountability on the transfer of women and...
“The Taifa Trilogy,” Nkechi Taifa’s Three Africentric Children’s Classics are Back in Print
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Nkechi Taifa, internationally renowned human rights activist and lawyer, founder, principal and CEO of The Taifa Group and the author of her top-selling,...
In D.C. Court, Man Challenges Confinement In Controversial Segregation Unit
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Photos: CCRWitness Against TortureOctober 18, 2021, New York ‒ Today, a man who spent nearly five years in a so-called Communication...
Jury Selections Starts In Ahmaud Arbery Murder Case
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Photos: YouTubeHundreds of people were ordered to report for jury duty Monday in Georgia for what could be a long, laborious...
“The Winds of Change Are Shifting”
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Now that the idea of reparations is gaining traction, Rappaport panelists grapple with the challenges and possibilities.
By Jamie Ehrlich, BC Law...
Antigua And Barbuda Participating In Dubai World Expo
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Photo: OECSMonday, October 18, 2021 — The twin-island paradise of Antigua and Barbuda is on show at the world expo ‘Expo...
New Jersey: Campaign Launched To Reimagine Policing, Public Safety, Abolish Drug War
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Photos: NJPACTwitterELIZABETH, N.J. -- (October 18, 2021) — Today, Salvation and Social Justice (SandSJ), a leading faith-rooted social justice organization based...
Remembering former General, Secretary of State Colin Powell
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By Derek Major, Black Enterprise —
Colin Luther Powell, the first Black Secretary of State, whose leadership in several Republican administrations shaped...
Jon Gruden Fallout: Whiteness At Center Of NFL Rot
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Last weekend, the NFL (the world’s most profitable sports league) found itself in an all-too-familiar controversy after a now-former head...
Sudan: Pro-Military Protesters Turn Out For Second Day
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Hundreds of pro-military Sudanese protesters have rallied for a second day in Khartoum, in an escalation of what the prime...
Positive Momentum In Central African Republic Must Continue
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Photo: TwitterThe announcement last week of a unilateral ceasefire in the Central African Republic is among recent positive steps in the...
Taifa Trilogy of Tales for a New Generation
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Free Virtual Event! Oct 18, 2021 at 6:00 PM EDT — Discussion will range from the senseless banning of Nkechi Taifa’s...
Green Party Supports Call for Reparations in Philadelphia
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Photo: FacebookThe Green Party of Philadelphia released the following statement following the march for Reparations on Saturday in Philadelphia:The Green Party...
Azizzi Romeo: “Feelings” | Black Star News
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Black Star News has been producing stellar investigative journalism since 1997, including focusing on police brutality and other abuses targeting marginalized...
Comptroller Report: City Continues To Fail African-American Businesses
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Photos: Twitter(New York, NY) – Today, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released the eighth annual “Making the Grade: New...
Climate Activists Take Fight Against Line 3 Pipeline To White House
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Photos: TwitterThe People Vs. Fossil Fuels actions this past week in Washington, DC—655 arrests!—brought back a lot of memories.In November of...
Anti-Black Racism In U.S. Immigration Affront To God-Given Dignity
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Photos: TwitterWashington, DC - Many people were shocked and horrified by recent photos of U.S. border agents on horses with whips,...
Trump’s Big Lies And Inciteful Prejudice Threaten American Democracy
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Photos: YouTubeA year ago, when I examined the lessons of hatred and political violence in the US, I made note of...
Amnesty: Demand Gambia Repeal Repressive Laws, Uphold Human Rights
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Photos: TwitterIn Gambia, laws restricting freedom of assembly and freedom of expression are still in force despite the commitment from the...
CUNY Lecturer Launches Campaign To Free Afghan Writer And Family
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Photo: CUNYWhen the U.S. started withdrawing military forces from Afghanistan this summer and the Taliban began seizing control, CUNY alumna and...
Maltese Journalist Remembered On Anniversary Of Her Assassination
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Photos: CPJYouTubeToday marks four years since the brutal murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in a car bomb attack in...
