Kalief Browder’s Suicide Brought Changes to Rikers. Now It Has Led to a $3 Million Settlement. | The New York Times
New York City has agreed to pay $3.3 million to settle a lawsuit on behalf of the estate of Kalief…
Kamala Harris’s Campaign Strategy: Don’t Pick a Lane | The Atlantic
Kamala Harris is a half-Jamaican, half-Indian woman from Oakland, California, the daughter of two UC Berkeley grad students. She went…
Racial, Prison Gerrymandering Lawsuits to Make for a Busy Year of Legal Battles As Redistricting Nears | Atlanta Black Star
As the 2019 state legislative sessions get underway, a busy year of legal battles also is beginning over lingering allegations…
Flint Launches Program to Help Kids Who Need Special Education Services Because of Water Crisis | Colorlines
Of the many well documented consequences of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan—including a decrease in fertility and an increase…
An Artist Guards Detroit’s Identity and Who Can Claim It | Hyperallergic
DETROIT — Intermedia artist, musician, and radical jeweler Tiff Massey has never been one to shy away from offering her…
Black Philanthropy! Billionaire Robert F. Smith Donates $1.5 Mil to Morehouse College | The Network Journal
Billionaire Robert F. Smith has donated a cool $1.5 million to the preservation and programs of the beloved Morehouse College,…
Barry Jenkins Is Trying Not to Think About ‘Barry Jenkins’ | The New York Times
Before the awards circuit and the social media discourse; before the red carpet premiere and the critical consensus; before lights…
5 Writers of Color Who Should Win the Poets Laureate Fellowship | Colorlines
Sameer Rao, Colorlines | Text. Featured Image The New York Times reported Tuesday (January 15) that The Andrew W. Mellon…
Meet The Black Woman who Created The World’s Largest Tech Conference | Shoppe Black
Social Media Week Lagos is the largest and Blackest conference that you’ve probably never heard of until now. SMW Lagos…
A Lovestruck Poultry Farmer on a Journey Far From Home | The New York Times
AN ORCHESTRA OF MINORITIES By Chigozie Obioma446 pp. Little, Brown & Company. $28. “An Orchestra of Minorities,” a new novel…
‘We Call Ourselves the Badasses’: Meet the New Women of Congress | Politico
When millions of women took to the streets the day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration for the largest single-day protest…
“Race News”: Chronicling the Black press and fight for justice | People’s World
The rocky relationship between journalism and the struggle for African-American equality, like any other courtship, is full of ebbs and…
The Consequences of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Canonization | The Atlantic
Every year, on the third Monday in January, people play their hand at the same game. “What would Martin Luther…
Michigan man exonerated after 45 years sells his prison art to get by | Detroit Free Press
Richard Phillips said he didn’t mope much during the 45 years he wrongfully spent in prison. He painted watercolors in…
Hotel dishwasher awarded $21 million after boss made her work on Sundays | NBC News
A jury has awarded a Miami hotel dishwasher $21.5 million, finding that her employer violated her religious rights by repeatedly…
Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’ | The Atlantic
In April 1963, King was jailed in Birmingham, Alabama, after he defied a state court’s injunction and led a march…
AG Letitia James announces major win over Trump administration in Census case | New York Amsterdam News
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a victory in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s decision to demand a…
Black Farmer Says Trump’s Trade War, Shutdown Have Sliced His Profit Margins In Half | Atlanta Black Star
The partial government shutdown has entered its fourth week, and there’s no end in sight as newly empowered House Democrats…
The Racial Wealth Gap Could Become a 2020 Litmus Test | The Atlantic
When Senator Elizabeth Warren announced that she’d formed a presidential exploratory committee, she hit all the populist notes that have…
Black boys need rites of passage programs in 2019 across the country | New York Amsterdam News
The year 2019 is important to African-American men because the opportunities are boundless and amazing. If you can conceive it,…
“Women of Color Connecting” Announces the Adopt-a-Business Program | The Network Journal
According to the 2018 State of Women Owned Businesses Report, commissioned by American Express, the number of women-owned businesses increased…
Top 12 Scholarship Programs For Black/ African American Students in 2019 | African American News & Issues
Nationwide — The new year has settled in, and most students are already back to their normal school routine. Also,…
Black Owned Banks In Danger! | AFRO
African-American owned banks were established at the end of the 19th century with the opening of the Capital Saving Bank…
Fight For $15 Minimum Wage Back at Forefront in Md. | The Washington Informer
ANNAPOLIS— State lawmakers, activists, business owners and workers held a press conference Monday inside the House of Delegates in support…
Suspected separatists in Cameroon ‘kidnap 30’ people | Al Jazeera
At least 30 people have been abducted by suspected separatists in Cameroon’s troubled Southwest English-speaking region, local sources said. The…
Essence Honors Black Women in Hollywood | Colorlines
Essence magazine announced its 2019 Black Women in Hollywood honorees via the following video yesterday (January 14): The recipients—actresses Regina…
LISTEN: Nina Simone’s Ode to ‘Young, Gifted and Black’ Children Still Matters | Colorlines
The lyrics of Nina Simone’s “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” lift up the brilliance—and the struggles—of Black children. The…
How Tarell Alvin McCraney Moved from ‘Moonlight’ to Broadway — and Beyond | The New York Times Magazine
I was impressed by how long Tarell Alvin McCraney was willing to sit in silence until I asked him something.…
NAACP Town Hall Extols the Power of the Black Woman | The Washington Informer
The NAACP on Tuesday hosted its first tele-town hall of 2019, and it was all about the power of women…
Why Republicans Finally Moved Against Steve King | The Atlantic
There are but a few guarantees about what each new session of Congress will bring: One is that Republicans and…
Chelsea face partial stadium closure over alleged racist chanting by fans | The Guardian
Chelsea face the partial closure of Stamford Bridge in the Europa League after Uefa opened disciplinary proceedings over allegations that…
Alicia Keys Will Be the First Female Grammy Host in 14 Years | Slate
The 2019 Grammy Awards has found its host. A year following #GrammysSoMale, the Recording Academy announced that 15-time Grammy Award-winning…
Prince George’s Community College Culinary Arts Student Dishes on Love for Food and Value of New Culinary Arts Center | The Washington Informer
Seven years ago Juan Obando Jimenez moved to Prince George’s County with a lifelong dream to become a chef. Jimenez…
Florida Pardons the Groveland Four, 70 Years After Jim Crow-Era Rape Case | The New York Times
Four black men who were accused of raping a white woman in Florida in 1949 were pardoned on Friday by…
How Prosecutors Contribute to Mass Incarceration | Colorlines
Facebook0 Twitter0 Mail Sameer Rao, Colorlines Color of Change initiated 100 Days of Justice, its campaign to hold district attorneys…
A Simple Proposal to Revive the American Dream | The Atlantic
During the industrial age, when high school was the gateway to the American dream, public-school systems covered the costs of…
The War on Black Athletes | The Atlantic
Facebook0 Twitter0 Mail Jemele Hill, The Atlantic Michael Zagaris / San Francisco 49ers / Getty. Featured Image The exact date…
For the First Time, a Black Woman Will Lead The Harvard Crimson | The New York Times
Writers and editors at The Harvard Crimson have gone on to be presidents (John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt), tech…
Government Shutdown Hitting Blacks, People of Color the Hardest: CBC | The Washington Informer
The partial government shutdown reached a record 22nd day Saturday, and with hundreds of thousands of federal workers caught in…
How Kamala Harris, a Tweet and a Pink and Green ‘Screech’ Proves We Need More Black Journalists | The Root
Just below the reported Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; immediately after the quiet white kid in class wearing the trenchcoat…
Coca-Cola Names Lori George Billingsley Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer | The Network Journal
16-year Coca-Cola Company veteran Lori George Billingsley was recently named chief diversity & inclusion officer. According to Jennifer Mann, SVP…
Julián Castro announces he is running for president in 2020 – live updates | CBS
Julián Castro, the former Obama Housing and Urban Development secretary, announced that he is running for president in 2020 Saturday,…
Black Entrepreneur from Alabama Launches Telecom Company Already Valued at $5.9 Million | Black News
Tesix Wireless, a telecommunications company announced its launching in summer 2018. It has since garnered the attention of interested customers…
‘Looking For Lorraine’ Explores The Life Of The Author Of ‘A Raisin In The Sun’ | WBEZ 91.5 Chicago
By the time Lorraine Hansberry died in 1965 at just 34 years old, she had already made her mark in…
In defence of Alice Walker | Al Jazeera
Much has been said about Alice Walker in recent weeks, none of it good. It was her turn to get…
The Transatlantic Slave Trade: 500 Years Later the Diaspora Still Suffers | AFRO
Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world…
Legacy Russell Appointed Associate Curator at Studio Museum of Harlem | The Network Journal
Thelma Golden, chief curator at the Studio Museum of Harlem, today announced the appointment of Legacy Russell to serve as…
Lauren Underwood sworn in as youngest ever black woman in Congress; Illinois’ freshmen Democrats vote Pelosi for speaker | Chicago Tribune
Three new Illinois Democrats were sworn into Congress on Thursday, capping a blue wave that helped the party win the…
Angela Davis Says She’s ‘Stunned’ After Award Is Revoked Over Her Views on Israel | The New York Times
Angela Davis, the activist and scholar, said this week that she was “stunned” after a civil rights group in her…
London-Based Artist Pays Homage To Michelle Obama With Giant Mural | Travel Noire
Neequaye Dreph Dsane, an artist from Nottingham decided to pay homage to the first African-American first lady with the giant…
50 Years After Their Mug Shots, Portraits of Mississippi’s Freedom Riders | The New York Times [Lens]
For seven months in 1961, hundreds of black and white volunteers descended on Southern bus and train stations. These Freedom…
Surviving R. Kelly Is an Uncomfortable, Visual Testimony | The Atlantic
Robert is a master manipulator,” the R&B singer Stephanie “Sparkle” Edwards says in the second episode of Lifetime’s new docuseries,…
From Slavery to Civil Rights and Environmental Racism | The Washington Informer
Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, The Washington InformerJaylen Smith, 4, of Flint waits in line with his father, Keith…
Will it be a black woman who turfs Trump out of the White House? | The Guardian
Life as Donald Trump has known it for the last two years, has just changed forever. Quagmired in a government…
The History and Present-Day Reality of Salvadoran Art & Activism in LA | Hyperallergic
The Salvadoran Civil War was one of the most brutal episodes in the modern history of Central America. Lasting from…
50 Years Ago…, Shirley Chisholm Was Sworn In As The First African American Congresswoman | Because of Them We Can
On this day in 1969, Shirley Chisholm was sworn as the nation’s first African American Congresswoman. Two years later, she…
Colorlines Favorites of 2018: The Power and Pain of ‘Whitney’ | Colorlines
I can’t call the feature documentary “Whitney” my favorite film of 2018 because I didn’t actually enjoy it. What I…
Racism and Erasure in Fred Wilson’s Unearthed Histories | Hyperallergic
While substantially reprising Fred Wilson’s contribution to last year’s Istanbul Biennale, his current exhibition, Afro Kismet at Pace Gallery in…
Raven Wilkinson, 83, Is Dead; Black Ballerina Braved Segregated South | The New York Times
Raven Wilkinson, one of the first African-American dancers to perform with a major ballet company, the Ballet Russe de Monte…
Mosaic Youth Theatre gets $1M gift from ‘Hamilton’ producer | The Detroit News
The Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit on Wednesday touted its largest gift ever: a $1 million grant from Oak Park…