Reebok cuts ties with CrossFit over CEO’s insensitive ‘Floyd-19’ tweet
People work out during a class at CrossFit Apollo, which opened for the first time since closing on March 17…
Democrats mocked for wearing kente cloth at police reform press conference
(Credit: screenshot) While announcing a new plan for addressing police brutality, Democrats held a moment of silence for George Floyd…
Live Boxing is Back on ESPN Tuesday, June 9
Las Vegas, NV – June 15, 2019 – MGM Grand Garden Arena: Top Rank Boxing WBO Intercontinental Title bout (Photo…
Meet the black Republican woman trying to unseat civil rights icon John Lewis
Angela Stanton-King has overcome being separated from her newborn daughter after giving birth in prison and re-entering society without a…
Protesters Support Floyd, Black Lives Matter on 3 Continents
By RICK RYCROFT and FRANK JORDANS, Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in Australia and Europe to…
Union Files Complaint Against NBC, ‘America’s Got Talent’
By ANDREW DALTON, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gabrielle Union filed a complaint Thursday with the state of…
Mourners Hold Memorial for Floyd as More Protests Take Shape
By TOM FOREMAN Jr., DAVID CRARY and JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press RAEFORD, N.C. (AP) — Hundreds of mourners lined up…
Colin Kaepernick: Timeline of a Gesture and its Echoes
By BARRY WILNER, AP Pro Football Writer Colin Kaepernick was a second-round draft pick in 2011. The next year he…
Curfew Lifted in Atlanta as Thousands Protest Across Georgia
By JEFF AMY, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Thousands of people across Georgia joined in dozens of protests for racial…
Protesters Topple Confederate Statue in Virginia Capital
By The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A small group of demonstrators toppled a statue of a Confederate general…
Africa’s Essential Truckers say They Face Virus Stigma
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and TOM ODULA, Associated Press NAMANGA, Kenya (AP) — They haul food, fuel and other essential supplies…
VIDEO: Activists demand D.C. ‘Defund’ police amid peaceful protests after city renames street ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza’
Washington — Thousands marched and protested against police brutality in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, keeping the May 25 death of…
COMMENTARY: Wear Your Armor | Afro
Spiritually Speaking By James Washington Jr., Co-Publisher, Dallas Weekly News With everything going on in our world today, my question…
Ecuador bets on a return to normal
Ecuador, one of the hardest-hit countries in the region, is starting to reopen after a 40-day country-wide lockdown and transition…
‘Not easy’ to get a conviction in George Floyd killing, Harris tells ‘The View’
Sen. Kamala Harris cited her experience as former prosecutor. June 8, 2020, 3:49 PM 5 min read 5 min read…
Wall Street set to rise on swift economic rebound hopes
(Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones indexes were set to rise on Monday, building on last week’s…
Mitt Romney Joins Black Lives Matter Protesters Marching Toward White House
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Sunday showed his support for the anti-racism protests in response to the police murder of…
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$15 M. Rembrandt Self-Portrait to Lead Sotheby’s Cross-Category Sale – ARTnews.com
Top auction houses have begun to unveil leading lots for the upcoming marquee auctions in July. At Sotheby’s, one of…
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Lebron James To Fund LA Filmmaker’s Documentary On The Tulsa Massacre
Los Angeles, Cali. – LeBron James’ entertainment company, Springhill Productions, is funding a filmmaker’s documentary on Tulsa’s Greenwood District and…
Gov. Wolf signs law making Juneteenth official state holiday
Gov. Tom Wolf signed a law on Wednesday designating June 19 as “Juneteenth National Freedom Day” in Pennsylvania. “While Independence…
Washington Mayor Bowser, ‘unbought and unbossed,’ challenges Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has drawn a battle line right up to the White House. Bowser, one…
9 Black-Owned Home Decor Brands That Will Give Your Home The Perfect Summer Upgrade
‘Tis the season to spruce up your home. And what better way to do just that than by decking your…
Tennis Star Coco Gauff Delivers Passionate Speech at Black Lives Matter Protest in Florida
“If you listen to black music, if you like black culture…this is your fight too.” 16-year-old tennis star Coco Gauff,…
Philadelphia Inquirer’s Top Editor Resigns After ‘Buildings Matter, Too’ Headline
The headline, a riff on Black Lives Matter, suggested an equivalence between the destruction of buildings and the deaths of…
Want to Support Black Women? Here are 6 Organizations Where You Can Donate
If you’re looking for a way to support Black women, there are a number of organizations with that specific goal…
Ladue high school students lead protest crowd of 1,000 through nine miles of West County
Two Ladue high school students organized a Black Lives Matter march on Friday, June 5 that led a diverse crowd…
‘I'd rather sacrifice my life’: Yazidi women taking revenge on ISIS
Yazidi women who have to put up with numerous atrocities from Islamic State are hitting back at their tormentors. They…
'Christian patrols' in London's Muslim areas: Help or troublemakers?
It’s not just the police out on patrol in London these days. There are Jewish patrol cars from the ‘Shomrim’…
Wozniak: Danger that Internet becomes tool for govt control & surveillance
Four decades ago, he almost single-handedly kickstarted the PC revolution, co-founding one of the world’s largest corporations. Will the technology…
Chernobyl drone video: Rare haunting footage of Pripyat exclusion zone
A rarely-seen view of the haunting ruins left by the Chernobyl disaster, have been captured by a camera drone. Almost…
Amy Cooper 911 call would be a hate crime under Cuomo-backed bill
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (Getty Images) Amy Cooper made headlines in May after a viral video showed her needlessly…
Michael B. Jordan puts Hollywood ‘on notice’ in calls for racial equality
Michael B. Jordan speaks at a rally for Black lives in Los Angeles. For 12 days, people have been protesting…
Philadelphia bride and groom join in George Floyd protest
Kerry-Anne and Michael Gordon tied the knot and attended a protest soon after in Philadelphia. (Tyger Williams/AP Photo) Kelly-Anne and…
Eve responds to critics about her ‘difficult conversations’ on race comments
Rapper Eve (left) and Maximillion Cooper (right) (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Malaikla10) Rapper and talk show host Eve…
Actor Yvonne Orji no longer ‘Insecure’ about Nigerian-American duality
Those are the questions actor and comedian Yvonne Orji asked herself when she decided to stay in Lagos, Nigeria, on…
Banksy reveals new art in support of Black Lives Matter
The anonymous artist shared new artwork and a statement on Instagram in light of recent civil rights protests worldwide. Source…
Bruce Lee gets a fitting tribute, as ‘Be Water’ looks at Asians and Hollywood
Like a handful of actors and musicians who died young — from James Dean to Marilyn Monroe — Lee’s myth…
The people creating art to remember George Floyd
Written by Ananda Pellerin, CNN This feature includes artwork with language that some might find offensive. In the wake of…
Smiley face: Its enduring origin story will make you grin
This article was published in partnership with Artsy, the global platform for discovering and collecting art. The original article can…
Austrian architects to transform Hitler’s birthplace into a police station
Written by Oscar Holland, CNN Austria has unveiled plans to transform Adolf Hitler’s birthplace into a police station, following years…
American portrait innovator Elsa Dorfman has died at age 83
Written by Hena Sharma, CNN American photographer Elsa Dorfman, known for her intimate large-scale portraits of well-known figures including Bob…
Arthur Lewis on his dynamic collection of black art
Written by Essence Harden This article was published in partnership with Artsy, the global platform for discovering and collecting art.…
After reviewing video, prosecutors charge police inspector instead of protester
Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna faces charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, possession of an instrument of crime and recklessly endangering…
Texas county GOP chair-elect won’t assume office amid backlash for posting MLK quote with a banana
Keith Nielsen, the GOP chairman-elect in Harris County, announced in a Facebook post that he would be stepping aside and…
Nursing home resident: ‘I feel as though I am in #DeathCamp2020’
Her nursing home, she realized, was owned by the same company struggling to curtail a rising death toll in Kirkland,…
DC protests: Mayor says federal response led to larger groups participating peacefully
Her comments come amid nearly two weeks of nationwide protests over Floyd’s death at the hands of police in Minneapolis.…
Chiranjeevi Sarja dies after heart attack
Sarja, who starred in 20 films including the popular “Amma I Love You,” died of a heart attack, according to…
Trump’s use of unidentified security forces echoes Putin’s ‘little green men’
Amid the tear gas and rubber bullets, a dangerous Trump trend has arisen. While DC police are required by law…
Mitt Romney marches in George Floyd protest ‘to make sure people understand that black lives matter’
Romney told a Washington Post reporter that he was participating in the demonstration “to make sure that people understand that…
Retired NFL wide receiver Donald ‘Reche’ Caldwell killed in Florida
Wide receiver Reche Caldwell #87 of the New England Patriots reacts to fans during training camp practice on July 27,…
Banksy shares new artwork supporting Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter protests have spread across the globe for the past two weeks following the death of George Floyd,…
Edward Colston statue pulled down in Bristol, England during protest
The protesters in the city of Bristol, in southwest England, tied the bronze statue of Edward Colston with rope before…
15% Pledge calls on Target, Whole Foods and other retailers to dedicate shelf space to black-owned businesses
The pledge was created by Aurora James, founder of Brooklyn-based sustainable fashion brand Brother Vellies. “So many of your businesses…
Ahmaud Arbery's mother says she's 'speechless' about new claim
CNN’s Chris Cuomo speaks with Ahmaud Arbery’s mother about allegations that the man accused of killing her son used a…