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CHICAGO (CBS) — A pair of Chicagoans has turned what essentially started as a joke on social media into an effort to get more Black people to explore nature. Kameron Stanton and Chevon Linear call themselves exactly what they are: Black People Outside. What started as a fun Instagram page has transformed into real-world community […]
Raul Ariano/Bloomberg/Getty Images The Shanghai Stock Exchange in Pudong’s Lujiazui Financial District as seen on January 29, 2024 Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, which explores what you need to know about the country . . .
Many Americans use social media to connect with one another, engage with news content, share information and entertain themselves. Explore the patterns and trends shaping the social media landscape. To better understand Americans’ social media use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,733 U.S. adults from May 19 to Sept. 5, 2023. Ipsos conducted this National Public […]
Yet another Canadian community newspaper chain is going to court under our bankruptcy laws, but again it has nothing to do with it going out of business. This time it is more a legal power play to force its sale to largely American interests over the objections of its minority owner. Surrey, BC-based Black Press, […]
America’s eyes will be on Houston on Monday, January 8, as the city hosts the College Football Playoff National Championship game at NRG Stadium, broadcast live on ESPN. Houston, notably, scores the championship game as the College Football Playoffs toast 10 years. The game sees No. 1-ranked Michigan Wolverines — who bested Alabama in the […]
In 1987, writer/director Robert Townsend released Hollywood Shuffle, a satire that confronted the racial stereotypes of Black people in movies and TV. Thirteen years later, writer/director Spike Lee made a similar film with Bamboozled, going even further in his critiques of the industry. Twenty-three years after that, it’s clear that, despite some advances, the issue […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two bombs exploded minutes apart Wednesday at a commemoration for a prominent Iranian general slain in a U.S. drone strike in 2020, officials in Iran said, killing at least 103 people as the Middle East remains on edge over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. No one […]
Who owns the narrative? If United States lawmakers are to be believed, it is currently at risk of being hijacked by China, disseminated on de-facto spyware by impressionable youth swiping short-form videos in their bedrooms. Official tutting at TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, is nothing new. The prospect of a ban has been looming for […]
Seoul, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military to “thoroughly annihilate” the United States and South Korea if provoked, state media reported Monday, after he vowed to boost national defense to cope with what he called an unprecedented U.S.-led confrontation. Kim is expected to ramp up weapons tests in 2024 ahead […]
A Chinese newspaper warned on Saturday in an editorial that the fragile relationship between the United States and China could result in a war between the two countries. The warning comes more than a month after President Joe Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco in November. The face-to-face meeting was the […]