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KYIV — When Iran unleashed hundreds of deadly missiles and drones at Israel this weekend, Israelis relied on a crucial tool that Ukraine still does not have: instant, direct assistance from the United States and other partners with military assets in the region. For more than two years, Ukraine has faced Russian missile and . […]
(CNN) An international coalition of activists and human rights attorneys on Wednesday announced they filed an appeal to the United Nations on behalf of African refugees facing racial discrimination in Ukraine and Poland. The filing follows numerous reports from Black refugees who said they faced segregation, racism and abuse as they tried to flee for […]
Paul Young will have an inaugural meeting in Memphis with 20 other mayors on March 27-28. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Mayor Paul Young, partnering with the African American Mayors Association, is launching a new coalition to fight crime across the nation, the city announced Tuesday morning. The Black Mayors’ Coalition on Crime (BMCC) is an […]
US military says it was responding to a large-scale attack by the Iran-aligned group that posed an ‘imminent threat’. United States Navy ships and aircraft have shot down 15 drones fired by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis in the Red Sea area. The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Saturday that the US-led naval coalition was […]
CNN — The United States and the United Kingdom carried out strikes against an array of Houthi targets in Yemen, according to two US officials, marking the fourth time the international coalition has launched a combined attack on the Iran-backed rebel group. The strikes hit . . .
Currently, about 2,500 US troops still deployed in Iraq as part of the coalition that was formed in 2014. The United States and Iraq have held a first round of talks on the future of US and other foreign troops in the country, with Baghdad expecting discussions to lead to a timeline for reducing their […]
The US has announced the creation of an enhanced naval protection force operating in the southern Red Sea in an attempt to ward off mounting attacks from Yemen’s rebel Houthis on merchant shipping. Britain said it would be among the countries participating but notable absentees were Arab nations Egypt and Saudi Arabia while analysts speculated […]
15 December 2023 ADELLE M BANKS United StatesRNS The Conference of National Black Churches has called on African American congregations to embrace a list of priorities – from “government-sponsored reparations” to improved access to healthcare – as they move out of a pandemic era and into an election year. “We believe Black life must be […]
Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2023Time: 5:00 p.m.- 6:30 p.m.Location: Rubenstein Library 153 (Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room)Please register here. Free parking for registrants. Please join the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture for “In Conversation about the National Black Justice Coalition with Mandy Carter . . .
Prior to providing an update from University of Wisconsin-Madison administrators, leadership of the Blk Pwr Coalition (BPC), a student group at the school, opened the mic at a Friday public town hall for questions and experiences related to the protests surrounding a racist video that circulated on social media last spring. One student said it’s […]