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A jury has awarded an Oregon woman $1 million in damages after finding she was discriminated against by a gas station employee who told her, “I don’t serve Black people.” The Multnomah County jury’s award this week to Portland resident Rose Wakefield, 63, included punitive damages of $550,000. Wakefield’s lawyer, Gregory Kafoury, said she stopped […]
Last Updated on January 23, 2023 by BVN Jon D. Gaede | BVN Sports One month after the World Cup Final in Qatar, the US Men’s National Soccer Team (USMNT) will play two friendly matches in Southern California. The first against Serbia on January 25th at Banc of California Stadium, home of MLS Champion LAFC, […]
CNN — At least 25 people have died in Erie County, New York, as a result of a massive winter storm which blasted much of the US in recent days, county officials said Monday, bringing the nationwide death toll to 47.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Africa Business Center (USAfBC) and the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat (AfCFTA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to launch a working group to help advance trade and investment between the U.S. and Africa and reaffirm commitment to elevating a strong private sector voice in […]
Restaurants in River North cut their operating hours more during the COVID-19 pandemic than restaurants in any other part of the country, according to a new survey. Some restaurants have stopped serving lunch altogether. Some restaurants are now closed several days a week to remain profitable. On average, River North restaurants in the 60654 ZIP […]
The city of Philadelphia issued an apology Thursday for the unethical medical experiments performed on mostly Black inmates at its Holmesburg Prison from the 1950s through the 1970s. The move comes after community activists and families of some of those inmates raised the need for a . . .
A Black man died after a police encounter in a Denver suburb in 2019 because he was injected with a powerful sedative after being forcibly restrained, according to an amended autopsy report publicly released Friday. Despite the finding, the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old massage therapist, was still listed as undetermined, not a homicide, […]
CNN — Three Black real estate investors have filed a discrimination lawsuit in a federal court in the Houston area, claiming that in August a real estate agent refused them the option to purchase three condominiums in a newly constructed community. They say that . . .
Comment on this story Comment Belgian National Day: You don’t have to know the history of the Belgian Revolution to enjoy drinking Belgian beer and eating moules on the country’s independence day. The Sovereign is D.C.’s premiere Belgian bar, and it’s pouring 15 Belgian beers for $5 each
Congressmen from Alabama have been trying to establish the Black Belt as a national heritage area for the past decade. Now, they’re a step closer. On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Black Belt National Heritage Area Act, which would designate the area as a place “where historic, cultural and natural resources combine […]