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By Renata Brito, Bram Janssen and Nqobile Ntshangase HA LEJONE, Lesotho This Lesotho was unimaginable months ago, residents, health workers and experts say. The small landlocked nation in southern Africa long had the world’s second-highest rate of HIV infections. But over years, with nearly $1 billion in aid from the United States, Lesotho patched together […]
Updated Google search as of 9/1/2025: Yes, 2020 Census numbers were skewed, showing statistically significant undercounts of Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Hispanic or Latino populations, as well as young children. Non-Hispanic White and Asian populations were overcounted. These miscounts had significant impacts, including affecting political representation and the distribution […]
Bad Bunny told America on “Saturday Night Live” last week that people still have a few months to learn Spanish to get ready to best enjoy his Super Bowl halftime show performance. Some Black people aren’t playing about it, as seen on social media. There’s a groundswell of support bubbling up for the international superstar, […]
The Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago on Oct. 4, 2025. Photo: Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images Alain Stephens is an investigative reporter covering gun violence, arms trafficking, and federal law enforcement. Before dawn, federal agents moved on Chicago’s South Shore in camouflage uniforms with rifles drawn, the thrum of chopper rotors breaking […]
After a disheartening incident of a dental student from Hyderabad, Telangana, who was reportedly shot dead in Dallas, United States, his mother, on Saturday, appealed Central and state governments to facilitate the repatriation of his mortal remains to Hyderabad at the earliest. Providing details of the incident, Chandrashekhar’s mother, Sunitha, said, “My son went to […]
Police use of lethal force in the United States is on the rise, with more police killings reported in 2024 than any other year on record. This gruesome milestone was reached due to increased access to military-grade weaponry, aggressive suppression of civic space, and the continuation of a historical pattern of violence against Black people. […]
Let’s be honest — there are still cities in America where Black folks don’t feel comfortable to travel. We’ve seen too much, heard too much, and lived too many stories of threats, harassment, and exclusion to ignore the signs. From the forced expulsions in Forsyth County, Georgia, to hate crimes in Jasper, Texas, the warnings […]
This morning’s shooting marked at least the third instance of an Immigration Customs and Border Protection facility being targeted by gunfire in Texas this year. On August 25, 36-year-old Bratton Dean Wilkinson arrived at the Dallas ICE facility and “claimed to have a bomb in his backpack,” according to a Department of Homeland Security statement. […]
Posted: 2011/09/07From: Mathaba by Karen Marlow The “triumphant” rebels [in Libya] have been targeting supposed loyalists in the territories they control. There have been reports of the mass abuse of Black people, who are suspected of being mercenaries from sub-Saharan Africa on Gaddafi’s payroll. Among the victims are nationals from Chad, Sudan, Ghana and Nigeria, many of […]