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The Secretary-General honored the contributions of people of African descent across all areas of human endeavor in a message released before the Day. He also acknowledged the lasting effects of slavery and colonialism, which include systemic racism, unequal economies and societies, and the digital divide. The Secretary-General cited the Global Digital Compact, adopted in 2024 […]
The United Kingdom has reached agreement with the European Union to rejoin the Erasmus+ programme from 2027. More than 100,000 people in the UK could benefit from the scheme in the first year alone for students and staff to study and train abroad. The number of Indian students pursuing higher studies abroad has declined for […]
Black Lives Matter, an international social movement, formed in the United States in 2013, is dedicated to fighting racism and anti-Black violence, particularly in the form of police brutality. The name Black Lives Matter signals condemnation of the unjust killings of Black people by police, as Black people are disproportionately killed by police in the […]
Reactions to Charlie Kirk’s death have sparked debate, particularly regarding how his life and death are being memorialized. While many conservatives and white Christians, especially evangelicals, emphasize his faith and label him a martyr, Black clergy are grappling with reconciling a heroic view of the 31-year-old with statements he made that were insulting to people […]
Desmond Carter is working to improve the mental health of Black men. Carter, founder of Mental Health Is Real Wealth, leads a bi-monthly mental health group in Los Angeles’ Leimert Park neighborhood. Recently, 15 Black men gathered inside a conference room without women. The men greeted each other with embraces and wore Los Angeles apparel, […]
Records obtained by Amnesty International and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) after a five-year lawsuit against the New York Police Department (NYPD) reveal concerning surveillance abuses against protesters and communities of color, including the frequent use of facial recognition technology. Analysis of over 2,700 documents reveals that the NYPD used facial recognition technologies on […]
At least 13 people were killed and more than a dozen others injured after a UPS plane crashed shortly after takeoff near the Louisville International Airport on Tuesday, officials said. The National Transportation Safety Board has begun an investigation into the crash and said Wednesday afternoon it has recovered the black boxes that record plane […]
During a closed-door White House meeting in his first term, President Donald Trump demanded to know why the U.S. was accepting immigrants from “shithole countries” like Haiti and some African nations, remarks widely reported at the time by Reuters and other media outlets. Outrage followed. Lawmakers, including some Republicans, condemned the language as offensive. Even […]