Nearly two years after the murder of George Floyd led to a summer of demonstrations and often heavy-handed police reaction in streets across the United States, a civilian oversight agency has recommended that 145 officers in the nation’s largest city should be disciplined by their higher-ups after inappropriately policing during the 2020 Black Lives Matter…
Silk Sonic, Meghan Thee Stallion among performers at Billboard Music Awards Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards will include performances by Travis Scott, Ed Sheeran, Becky G and other artists who have enjoyed chart-topping success. Sean “Diddy” Combs will emcee the show, which is being broadcast live from the MGM Grand Arena and will air live beginning at 8…
The National Park Service is advancing its efforts to conserve structures that are symbolic of Black resilience and liberation. The agency’s latest initiative is centered on the preservation of historic spaces that served as backdrops of the civil rights movement. The National Park Service awards $16.2M to help preserve African American civil rights history. This…
After a nearly two-decade-long career in the NBA, fans are being introduced to a different side of the four-time championship player Shaquille O’Neal. The former Los Angeles Lakers star is now spending his days commenting on the sport that made him a household name and revealing aspects of his personal life rarely highlighted, including his…
Democrats in Washington, D.C. called on lawmakers to take action to combat hate, domestic terrorism and gun violence in the nation in wake of Buffalo shooting. Following Saturday’s deadly and racially-motivated mass shooting that left 10 dead in Buffalo, New York, President Joe Biden and members of Congress are condemning white supremacy and calling for…
The 18-year-old white gunman shot 11 Black people and two white people in Buffalo Shoppers out on a weekend afternoon and a retired police officer working as a security guard were among the 10 shot and killed at a Buffalo supermarket by a white teenager who authorities say was motivated by racial hatred. Police said Payton…
Source: Getty Images / Getty Graduation season is one of the happiest times of the year for so many Black students. For most, it works as the bridge from their school days to their launch into the working world. While in some years the trajectory for graduating Black students in the job market hadn’t been…
With a camera affixed to his body, and a rifle in his hands, an 18-year-old white man killed 10 and wounded three in Buffalo, New York, police said. In the moments after the shocking carnage on May 14, 2022, and in the subsequent hours after details of the grocery store massacre emerged, Buffalo citizens comforted…
“The depth of pain that families are feeling and that all of us are feeling right now cannot even be explained,” said Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A white 18-year-old wearing military gear and livestreaming with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle at a supermarket in Buffalo, killing 10 people…
In a field that intersects with so many others, Black people are underfunded and underrepresented. Mentorships and other programs seek to change that. The numbers reflect a stark reality — venture capital drives technology and Black entrepreneurs are just getting a pittance. Venture capital funding for Black start-ups hit $1.8 billion during the first half…
