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George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis in May 2020 sparked the largest racial justice protests in the United States since the Civil Rights Movement. But the movement went far beyond this nation’s borders — it inspired a global reckoning with racism.
Hamburg, 24 November 2016 – New research on fashion trends and textile waste, released by Greenpeace on the eve of Black Friday, highlights the serious environmental consequences of overconsumption. Clothing is among the most sold products on the annual shopping day promoted in many countries, which, critics say, encourages impulsive overspending and unnecessary purchases through […]
The terms “black radicalism” and “racial capitalism” have become buzzwords in the revitalised international discussion about race that has arisen in parallel with the Black Lives Matter movement since 2013. Indeed, the idea that capitalism is inherently linked to racism is a common sense among many left-wing activists. Nevertheless, how exactly to understand that link […]
Alexanderia Haidara’s career in foreign policy, global business, and international development has taken her to four continents and 20 countries with her husband and three children along for the ride. Now she is bringing more than a decade of experience to her new travel podcast, Global Take, which is charting a different course by focusing […]
London CNN — “White silence is violence.” It’s a simple but powerful message shouted at Black Lives Matter protests around the world, and it marks a major shift in expectations: it’s no longer OK to just not be racist, you have . . .
When war broke out in Europe in 1914, Americans were very reluctant to get involved and remained neutral for the better part of the war. The United States only declared war when Germany renewed its oceanic attacks that affected international shipping, in April 1917. African Americans, who had participated in every military conflict since the inception of […]
Murray Gross, a former leader in the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), said that the name Maida Springer was “a password in most of Africa” for opening doors of influence. Labor and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph had a deep working relationship with Springer that spanned decades, once telling Tanganyikan independence leader Julius […]
(CNN) It began as a love letter to Black people in the wake of an unexpected verdict. It was July 2013 and George Zimmerman was on trial for murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old Black boy who had been walking in his father’s Florida neighborhood. The night the verdict was set to […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. ‒ From a wooden bench at the edge of the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, visitors can see the Alabama River where enslaved Africans were transported and sold into a life of forced labor. From the wide windows on the second floor of the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, visitors can […]
adorable african american kid sleeping in bed at home And while researchers homed in on the sleep behaviors of 7,200 people comprised mostly of Europeans, Americans also aren’t sleeping. Black Americans suffer worse from short sleep or sleep apnea. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent A staggering 90 percent of people fail […]