Mozambique has become the latest addition to the growing list of countries in Africa with large scale mangrove initiatives. MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — In a bid to protect coastal communities from climate change and encourage investment, African nations are increasingly turning to mangrove restoration projects, with Mozambique becoming the latest addition to the growing list…
Redlining still happens to this day, with banks large and small avoiding lending to low- income areas, even though they take money from those neighborhoods through deposits. NEW YORK (AP) — The three major U.S. banking regulators said Thursday they a plan to rewrite much of the outdated regulations tied to a decades-old banking law…
As a child growing up in Providence, Rhode Island, Terrell Osborne saw parts of his neighborhood taken by eminent domain. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Terrell Osborne knows well what happens when urban renewal comes to communities of color. As a child growing up in Providence, Rhode Island, in the 1950s and 1960s, huge swaths of…
An Arizona woman convicted for casting a ballot in her dead mother’s name will not face jail time, sparking debate over racial disparity in sentencing. Tracey Kay McKee, a 64-year-old white Republican, was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay fines and do community service on Friday for voting in her mother’s name…
“Akim Aliu Dreamer: Growing Up Black in the World of Hockey,” the graphic novel is due out in February, Glancing at the illustration of the boy with the far-off stare standing next to a bus on the cover of the graphic novel memoir that will tell his story, Akim Aliu immediately remembers the pain of…
The head of the Louisiana State Police waited 462 more days before opening an investigation. Within days of the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, when body-camera video captured white troopers stunning, beating and dragging the Black motorist, the head of the Louisiana State Police wrote a stark note about the case in his journal:…
The woman was jailed for about three weeks before a judge released her on electronic monitoring A Chicago woman is taking legal action against the Cook County state’s attorney’s office for having her jailed for weeks after she failed to participate in “trial prep” against the man accused of killing her brother. According to the…
Steve Harvey has made it clear that he disagreed with the way Oscar award-winning actor Will Smith conducted himself during the 94th annual Academy Awards, during which he walked on stage and slapped Chris Rock as he was presenting the next award after the longtime comedian poked fun at Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. During…
“At the heart of all this is the profound disparity in transplants that are given and performed on African Americans versus whites in our country,” said Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, of Meharry Medical College. A new initiative aimed at increasing the number of Black Americans registered as organ donors and combating disparities among transplant recipients…
Police said Berris McKenzie was struck three times before an officer was able to handcuff him A Florida man says Lauderhill Police went too far when they repeatedly used a Taser on him for loitering outside a convenience store. As reported by WSVN, police say, Berris McKenzie, 64, was warned multiple times about selling coconuts…
