The FBI is helping Haitian authorities recover the 16 American missionaries and one Canadian missionary More than 100 people gathered Sunday in a small Michigan town to pray for the safe release of a local family among 17 members of a missionary group kidnapped by a gang in Haiti more than a week ago. The vigil in…
U.N. diplomats have raised the issue of security in Mali A U.N. Security Council mission that is visiting Mali this weekend to assess the security situation is urging the country’s authorities to set elections for February to meet agreements reached with a West African regional bloc after a coup last year. The mission led by…
Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Monday marks the beginning of a judicial inquiry into the killing of Eric Garner. Over seven years after his killing, police and city officials may finally be held accountable for Garner’s death. Advocates, including Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr, have been undeterred in demand for accountability in the years since…
Lorena Gonzalez posted an ad that many community members say perpetuates racist stereotypes and falsely accused her Black male opponent of being a rape apologist Over three dozen Black leaders in Seattle, Washington are calling for mayoral candidate Lorena Gonzalez to pull a “morally disgusting” ad that portrays her opponent and frontrunner Bruce Harrell as…
The longtime Philadelphia rapper broke the news on Instagram early Sunday morning Philadelphia rapper Freeway on Sunday shared via social media that his daughter, Harmony, died of cancer at age 21. Rapper Freeway attends the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival Day 1 at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo…
Migrants started out before dawn to avoid the burning heat A group of about 2,000 mainly Central American migrants continued their mass trek from the southern Mexico city of Tapachula on Sunday, reaching a town about 16 miles (26 kilometers) away. Migrants started out before dawn to avoid the burning heat. Mostly from Honduras and…
The NIH revealed that federal funding was used to study bat coronavirus and said the research was not the source of the pandemic The National Institute of Health (NIH), the government agency that is responsible for biomedical and public health research, has said that it funded virus-enhancing coronavirus research, after denying the claim for months….
Source: Star Tribune via Getty Images / Getty As community and political leaders with decades of experience driving change throughout the state, we’ve learned a few truths about the Black community. First, Black people are powerful. Despite hundreds of years of deliberate systemic oppression and being just 12-13% of the U.S. population, we have found ways…
Tracee Ellis Ross‘ flower video on Oct. 22 gets derailed after fans solely focus on the actress’ bookshelf. In the Instagram post captioned “Tenderness,” Ross is seen sitting at appears to be a desk and cuddling with a flower as Ella Fitzgerald’s “A Flower is a Lovesome Thing” blares in the background. Tracee Ellis Ross’…
Source: Newsday LLC / Getty Tensions have flared among students attending Southwood High School in Shreveport, Louisiana, this week. Twenty-three arrests were made in just 24 hours after students from the school were caught engaging in several violent altercations on campus. According to Yahoo News, Southwood’s campus security and officials say they tried everything to…
