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Bestselling author Nicola Yoon says her new novel is a Black 'Stepford Wives'
The Spokesman-Review· 7 days agoGeorge Floyd had just been murdered. Bestselling author Nicola Yoon was hurting. In the novel, a...
Watch: Advocacy group rings the alarm for police reform and AI racial bias
theGrio via AOL· 4 days agoDamon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, is one of those...
Historic Coliseum Building reopens after four-year restoration
KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul· 11 hours agoIt took plenty of resilience to restore all 85,000 square feet of the building after the civil...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ handed keys to new Texas home 85 years after racist mob burned it down
The Independent via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoThe campaign continued to grow in the wake of international protests against police violence and...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 3 days agoFriday night (Oct. 28) the paparazzi caught up with Kanye West who offered what the media is calling “an apology” for comments he made in reference to George Floyd ...
Tate: Swapping cops with social workers dangerous idea
Boston Herald· 1 day agoYou call 9-11, but all that’s available are unarmed social workers. Cambridge is creating a social...
Los Angeles council OKs study of removing police from traffic enforcement
LA Times via AOL· 7 days ago(Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) Four years ago, after George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis,...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 23 hours ago"I am so delighted to know that suddenly we've got a Juneteenth. "It's not a Texas thing or a black thing. It's an American thing." A Juneteenth...
How Black Miami professionals see Juneteenth as an opportunity for cultural education
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe day became a federally recognized holiday in 2021 following nationwide protests and social...
Juneteenth NJ Festival Makes a Comeback With Community Pride and Cash Cobain
Teen Vogue via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoAfter the #BlackLivesMatter movement upsurged during the spring and early summer of 2020 following...