Tragedy
JAKARTA – Ohio Police, United States (US), released a video of a black man who died after repeatedly telling police I couldn’t breathe” when officers clamped him to the bar floor and handcuffed him. This incident evokes the memory of the death of George Floyd in 2020, when his neck was pressed with the knee […]
Image credit: Yermine Richardson / www.popcaribe.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine’s spring 2024 issue, “‘Stop Drowning Us, and Stop Making Us Disappear’: A Critical Report on the State of Black Woman Leadership.” The very presence of Black women leaders in the workforce is fugitive. We were never intended to function in it beyond […]
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<!– –> Six Latino workers, fixing potholes when the Baltimore bridge was hit, have died (AFP) Los Angeles: The death of six Latino workers who were fixing potholes when a Baltimore bridge collapsed highlights the crucial role immigrants play in keeping America running, say advocates. And it stands in stark contrast to the rhetoric of […]
TheGrio’s “Running Black” election series profiles Black candidates running for office in the 2024 elections. If successful, each candidate profiled could make history in their state. Hear from them in their own words about what’s at stake in their races, for the country, and for Black and brown communities on the political margin. After serving four terms in […]
BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 20. The US ambassador to Azerbaijan has expressed condolences in connection with the January 20 tragedy, the US Embassy in Azerbaijan wrote on its page on X, Trend reports. “Today we honor the memory of the victims of Black January. On this tragic day, we express our deep condolences to family members […]
CNN — The hull of the fishing trawler lifted out of the water as it sank, catapulting people from the top deck into the black sea below. In . . .
Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department salute as the body of Sgt. Isaac John Gayo, 27, of the 101st Airborne Division, arrives at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, Monday, Apr 17, 2023. Gayo was one of the nine U.S. Army soldiers killed when a pair of Black Hawk helicopters crashed last month during a training […]
Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department salute as the body of Sgt. Isaac John Gayo, 27, of the 101st Airborne Division, arrives at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, Monday, Apr 17, 2023. Gayo was one of the nine U.S. Army soldiers killed when a pair of Black Hawk helicopters crashed last month during a training […]
When the news broke that a boat with the bodies of more than a dozen African refugees washed up on the shores of Tobago, only miles away from my home, my family believed it was an ominous sign. It was May 2021, only two years after we had left America to escape the