Black Lives Matter Organizers Squandered Donations on Secret Mansion, Report Says
thedailybeast.com/black-lives-matter-organizers-squandered-donations-on-secret-mansion-report-says
Biden’s handling of Gaza shakes his support in the Black community: Some Black activists want voters to reject Biden over his Gaza policy. Others see Trump as a ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/17/black-activists-gaza-palestinians/
Lincoln Center cancels Mozart and goes woke — based on a historical lie: Lincoln Center began promoting a story in 2020 that a vibrant black community known as ...
nypost.com/2024/04/17/opinion/lincoln-center-cancels-mozart-and-goes-woke-based-on-a-historical-lie/
SCOTUS Declines to Hear Case Targeting Organizers of Group Protests: Civil rights groups warn the First Amendment right to protest could be in peril after the U ...
democracynow.org/2024/4/16/headlines/scotus_declines_to_hear_case_targeting_organizers_of_group_protests
Quick Glance: US Supreme Court ruling against Black Lives Matter activist's appeal regarding protest incident
- The US Supreme Court allowed a lawsuit by a Louisiana police officer against a Black Lives Matter activist, potentially impacting future public demonstrations.
- DeRay Mckesson was represented by attorneys, including those from the American Civil Liberties Union.
- The decision of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could set a precedent for lawsuits against protest leaders based on the actions of participants.
- The legal dispute arose from a protest in Baton Rouge in 2016 following the police intervention against Alton Sterling, a black man.
Out of sight jury selection begins for former president's first criminal trial: Only 10 of the 18 potential jurors seated in the jury completed the first round ...
itv.com/news/2024-04-15/out-of-sight-jury-selection-begins-for-former-presidents-first-criminal-trial
GOP Senate Candidate’s Error-Laden Memoir Villainized Baltimore, Freddie Gray: The former Maryland governor’s book shows how he could try to once again demonize ...
rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/larry-hogan-republican-senate-baltimore-freddie-gray-1235005837/
Illinois Reparations Fund Was Transferred To A Black-Owned Bank: “This Is A Very, Very Big Deal”
essence.com/news/money-career/illinoiss-reparations-fund-liberty-bank/
Gen-Z's War With Kyle Rittenhouse: Students have protested Rittenhouse's talks at college campuses across the country.
newsweek.com/gen-z-war-kyle-rittenhouse-1890404
OJ Simpson dead: The night Oprah Winfrey described Los Angeles police chase to her fiancé and me over the phone still resonates – Professor Joe Goldblatt
scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/oj-simpson-dead-the-night-oprah-winfrey-described-los-angeles-police-chase-to-her-fiance-and-me-over-the-phone-still-resonates-professor-joe-goldblatt-4593259
Deck work forces pool closures at Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center: The complex closed in April 2019 for a $47 million renovation that took nearly four years ...
sun-sentinel.com/2024/04/16/deck-work-forces-pool-closures-at-fort-lauderdale-aquatic-center/
Before Facebook, there was BlackPlanet—a website that may well have laid the foundation for the social web, Hannah Giorgis writes ... Show more www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/05/blackplanet-social-media-history/677839/
Supreme Court allows lawsuit that free speech advocates warn will threaten right to protest
pbs.org/newshour/politics/supreme-court-allows-lawsuit-that-free-speech-advocates-warn-will-threaten-right-to-protest
Parkway sub tore down Pride and Black Lives Matter signs. He has no regrets.: The substitute teacher and legislative candidate was escorted from the high school ...
stltoday.com/news/local/education/parkway-sub-tore-down-pride-and-black-lives-matter-signs-he-has-no-regrets/article_50119c8a-f9d8-11ee-a94b-2fcf2049cc85.html
Cornel West announces Melina Abdullah as VP pick: West announced in October that he was running as an independent.
axios.com/2024/04/10/cornel-west-melina-abdullah-vp-pick
“Goon Squad” Convicts Get State Sentences of 15-45 Years for Torturing Black Men: In Mississippi, six white former sheriff’s deputies who belonged to the ...
democracynow.org/2024/4/12/headlines/goon_squad_convicts_get_state_sentences_of_15_45_years_for_torturing_black_men
The best Black movies on Netflix right now | Digital Trends: Netflix's Black Stories collection honors the Black experience. This month's list includes ...
digitaltrends.com/movies/best-black-movies-on-netflix/
Alabama student travels to UN in Switzerland to tell story of being kicked out of school
al.com/news/2024/04/alabama-student-travels-to-un-in-switzerland-to-tell-story-of-being-kicked-out-of-school.html
Seattle Aquarium's hands-on tide pool experience is a touch of luxury: The Seattle Aquarium’s open-system Life on the Edge habitat offers a unique tide-pooling ...
seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/seattle-aquariums-hands-on-tide-pool-experience-is-a-touch-of-luxury/
Family of man who died hours after arrest say ‘light he brought will never dim’: Mohamud Hassan died hours after being in police custody in January 2021
walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/family-man-who-died-hours-29001051
'A true sense of community': How the only Black-owned bookstore in Phoenix fosters belonging
azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-people/2024/04/14/ali-nervis-dedicates-phoenix-bookstore-to-serve-his-community/72764554007/
Civil Rights Lawyer Ben Crump on His ‘Spicy’ New Crime Novels: The main character is a justice-seeking Black lawyer. Sound familiar?
thedailybeast.com/civil-rights-lawyer-ben-crump-on-his-spicy-new-crime-novels
Texas DPS racial discrimination suit can go to trial, judge says: The case is on hold while the state, which has denied the troopers’ allegations ...
houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/black-troopers-discrimination-lawsuit-19396537.php
Poet Jackie Kay: ‘I could have been brought up by Tories!’: The writer on being adopted as a baby by Scottish communists, facing racism in suburban Glasgow ...
theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/13/poet-jackie-kay-i-could-have-been-brought-up-by-tories
Zurich: Student from a prominent family wears right-wing extremist T-shirt and stabs
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Angie Thomas: "Books represent freedom, that's why they are fought against": Angie Thomas wrote “The Hate U Give,” a young adult novel about the Black Lives ...
zeit.de/kultur/literatur/2024-04/angie-thomas-kinderbuch-fantasy-literatur
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Postcolonial coping: is this how we get away with it?: Good intentions, bad prospects: British exhibitions aim to deal with the imperial past ...
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'Pole dancing comes from sex workers of colour so it is odd to be erased': Leila Davis runs Blackstage, a company that empowers pole dancers of colour
mylondon.news/whats-on/whats-on-news/pole-dancing-comes-sex-workers-28972129
Sarah Harte: Negative stereotyping inherited from the past is hard to eradicate: How to solve the problem of finding people for a project without inadvertently ...
irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41370787.html
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Live updates: Trump New York hush money criminal trial: Former President Donald Trump's New York hush money trial begins Monday with jury selection ...
cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-15-24/
Trump comes face-to-face with prospective jurors, anonymous to public: Donald Trump came face-to-face Monday with some of the New Yorkers who could decide his ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/15/trump-new-york-criminal-trial-jurors/
Two pool players — who were once bitter rivals in a high-stakes pool tournament — have become lifelong friends after a lifesaving kidney transplant brought ... Show more www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/pool-rivals-become-friends-life-after-kidney-transplant-109067797
True swing voters are extraordinarily rare in America: We have found some
economist.com/leaders/2024/04/11/true-swing-voters-are-extraordinarily-rare-in-america
The truth about ‘boardroom diversity’: We all know that increasing the diversity of your boardroom increases the success of your company because politicians ...
spectator.co.uk/article/the-truth-about-boardroom-diversity/
Billy Dee Williams approves actors using blackface: 'Why not?': 'Star Wars' actor Billy Dee Williams cited Laurence Olivier's performance in 'Othello ...
latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-04-09/billy-dee-williams-approves-blackface-actors-bill-maher-poddcast
Poet Natasha Trethewey delves into memory in ‘The House of Being’: Natasha Trethewey grew up in the 1960s and ’70s as a biracial child in the American South ...
csmonitor.com/Books/2024/0409/natasha-trethewey-poetry-the-house-of-being
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Colston statue fundraiser who stole £70,000 ordered to repay £1: Xahra Saleem was jailed last year and is penniless but any financial windfalls he receives in ...
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/colston-statue-fundraiser-who-stole-9210271
Black Lives Matter fraudster jailed over fundraiser ordered to repay £1: Xahra Saleem was one of the organisers of the Black Lives Matter protests which toppled ...
metro.co.uk/2024/04/08/black-lives-matter-fraudster-jailed-fundraiser-ordered-repay-1-20607950/
A veteran with dementia got lost. He died months after an Alabama officer body-slammed him
stltoday.com/news/nation-world/police-violence-vulnerable-populations/article_9e984475-a906-5a59-abe7-55518ffb988d.html
He didn’t trust police but sought their help anyway. Two days later, he was dead: Records show Jameek Lowery, a 27-year-old Black man from Paterson, New Jersey ...
apnews.com/article/police-use-of-force-investigation-jameek-lowery-d8c10322ae880560dd7630e7e3954d1f
A veteran with dementia got lost going shopping. He died months after an officer body-slammed him
omaha.com/news/nation-world/police-violence-vulnerable-populations/article_e1ef4801-f99a-527e-868e-dc1a805fc345.html
Rep. Kamlager-Dove champions LAUSD’s efforts to uplift Black students: Rep. Kamalager-Dove praises LAUSD for fighting "efforts to dehumanize Black students ...
dailynews.com/2024/04/08/rep-kamlager-dove-champions-lausds-efforts-to-uplift-black-students/
New FAFSA form delays prevent graduates from deciding on colleges: As a parent going through the college aid process for the first time, everything related to ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/04/08/magazine/new-fafsa-form-college-limbo/
'23 Mile' premiere will bring you back to the start of 2020: The film '23 Mile' directed by Mitch McCabe documents key political flashpoints in Michigan during ...
freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/04/06/23-mile-makes-michigan-premiere-at-freep-film-festival/73201608007/
Shocking new details of autopsy suggest homicide by Paterson police. This calls for an investigation | Editor
nj.com/opinion/2024/04/shocking-new-details-of-autopsy-suggest-homicide-by-paterson-police-this-calls-for-an-investigation-editorial.html
The problem of perceived police partisanship: Politicians have long tried to align with law enforcement. It’s deeply problematic if the police align back.
washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/04/trump-police-support/
Hate cannot be reasoned with. So why is Black radio hosting ‘conversations’ with Candace Owens?
theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/apr/02/black-radio-conversations-with-candace-owens
Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ isn’t a country album. It’s worse. : Everyone thought Beyoncé was turning toward country music, but ‘Cowboy Carter’ feels directionless ...
washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2024/03/30/beyonce-cowboy-carter-review/
Quick Glance: Beyoncé Confronts Rejection on Cowboy Carter
- Beyoncé opens up on Cowboy Carter, inviting Black women to own their multidimensional identities.
- Racism is the only force attempting to keep a country girl like Beyoncé out of country music.
- Beyoncé opens up many seats at the table for other Black country artists after facing rejection from the industry.
- In Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé shows how she turns rejection into lemonade and redefines the genre.
Trump aims to be a fearless warrior for White advantage: The former president’s team and allies assure his base that the federal government won’t use balanced ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/01/white-advantage-elections-trump/
'I was in band inspiring This Town and spat at by racists until I did one thing': Steven Knight set BBC This Town in era when Coventry's The Specials' ...
birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/i-band-inspiring-bbc-town-28932623
Cherokee Nation wants federal law fix on Black tribal citizens: The move comes as the Oklahoma tribe is welcoming the descendants of formerly enslaved Black ...
axios.com/2024/03/31/cherokee-nation-black-tribal-citizens
Transgender discrimination worldwide - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday: March 31 marked International Transgender Day of Visibility. One of its goals is to raise ...
newsday.co.tt/2024/04/03/transgender-discrimination-worldwide/
CMOs Have Lost Focus on DEI Initiatives, MediaLink Report Finds: Hitting hard business goals is now the top objective for top marketers.
adweek.com/brand-marketing/cmos-have-lost-focus-on-dei-initiatives-medialink-report-finds/
Chicago chefs who received the Black Kitchen Initiative grants are turning up the heat on their business ventures
chicagotribune.com/2024/03/29/black-kitchen-initiative-grants/
Actor Louis Gossett Jr, whose career began in the 1950s on Broadway and spanned television and films, died at age 87. Gossett made history in 1983 when he ... Show more www.reuters.com/world/us/louis-gossett-jr-first-black-man-win-supporting-actor-oscar-dies-source-2024-03-29/
Quick Glance: Louis Gossett Jr., First Black Man to Win Supporting Actor Oscar, Dies at 87
- Actor Louis Gossett Jr., renowned for his role in 'Roots' and as the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar, has passed away.
- According to his cousin Neal L. Gossett, the actor died in Santa Monica, California. The exact cause of death was not disclosed.
- Louis Gossett always viewed his early career as a sort of reverse Cinderella story that led him to success and his Oscar win.
- Following his Oscar victory, Gossett struggled with alcohol and cocaine addiction, eventually leading to a rehabilitation stay where he was diagnosed with toxic mold syndrome.
Beyoncé’s 'Cowboy Carter' is a Black reclamation of country music: First, Beyoncé arrived at the 2024 Grammy Awards in full cowboy regalia — making a statement ...
apnews.com/article/beyonce-cowboy-carter-country-music-9c865d00adf1f31f4bf22f126612e226
This Moment to Arise: The Revisionary Genius of Beyoncé’s ‘Blackbird’: 'Cowboy Carter' highlight brings the 'White Album' classic full circle
rollingstone.com/music/music-features/beatles-beyonce-blackbird-1234996099/
The Bizarre Police Shooting of Terrell Miller in Macomb, Illinois Has People Asking Questions
thedailybeast.com/the-bizarre-police-shooting-of-terrell-miller-in-macomb-illinois-has-people-asking-questions
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How the World Mixed Doubles table looks after Day One 😍
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Fractures in the Grand Alliance between Black and Jewish Americans: The Grand Alliance between Black and Jewish leaders, known largely for shared work on Civil ...
npr.org/2024/03/28/1239289512/black-jewish-grand-alliance-civil-rights-history
Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Started With This CMAs Performance: The roots of Beyoncé's new album 'Cowboy Carter' go all the way back to a 2016 ...
rollingstone.com/music/music-features/beyonce-the-chicks-cmas-performance-cowboy-carter-1234995125/
Kyle Rittenhouse Message Goes Viral After College Hostility: Rittenhouse urged "young free thinkers" to join "local conservative groups," following an appearance ...
newsweek.com/kyle-rittenhouse-viral-message-after-turning-point-university-memphis-1882942
A sleuth of North American black bears at a safari park in the U.K. enjoyed exploring a new addition to their enclosure after wet weather left a large pool of ... Show more abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/photos/photos-amazing-animals-8537483
Flying high: former Twitter execs keep the dream alive: Some of the social media platform’s former policy team have re-emerged as Blue Owl ...
businesspost.ie/tech/flying-high-former-twitter-execs-keep-the-dream-alive/
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Chicago chefs who received the Black Kitchen Initiative grants are turning up the heat on their business ventures
chicagotribune.com/2024/03/29/black-kitchen-initiative-grants/
Rochester to get new $5M swim park: New pool, splash pad and bathhouse will be coming to Silver Lake Park.
startribune.com/rochester-to-get-new-5m-swim-park/600354131/
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The UK’s Film and TV Charity unveils Reel Impact Fund for Black and Global Majority creatives
screendaily.com/news/the-uks-film-and-tv-charity-unveils-reel-impact-fund-for-black-and-global-majority-creatives/5192011.article
SC House advances restrictions on diversity, equity and inclusion at public universities
postandcourier.com/politics/south-carolina-diversity-equity-inclusion-dei/article_368c0f84-ec86-11ee-bb81-47a194dc746e.html
Q&A: DIA's first Black board chair talks diversity, being a 'regular guy,' museum's goals
detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/03/23/new-board-chair-detroit-institute-of-arts-black-lane-coleman-q-a/73067884007/
Kyle Rittenhouse is speaking at Western Kentucky University. What happened last time he spoke
courier-journal.com/story/news/2024/03/22/kyle-rittenhouse-cuts-short-university-of-memphis-appearance-protest-western-kentucky-university/73065904007/
5-year-old wanders from grandma’s house and drowns in neighbor’s pool, Texas family says
star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article287132390.html
Relatives of Tyre Nichols, George Floyd and Eric Garner say lack of police reform is frustrating
apnews.com/article/police-violence-tyre-nichols-george-floyd-2c05e0950c21421e72d5135242b060d2
Houston Open picks 2024: Can someone not named Scottie Scheffler get it done in Texas?
golfdigest.com/story/texas-childrens-houston-open-picks-2024
Kyle Rittenhouse Speaks Out After Humiliating College Heckling: Rittenhouse was found not guilty of homicide or other charges after fatally shooting two men ...
newsweek.com/kyle-rittenhouse-speaks-out-university-memphis-1881896
Kyle Rittenhouse Storms Off Stage After Being Confronted by Students: Rittenhouse's appearance at a university generated hostility from a number of students but ...
newsweek.com/kyle-rittenhouse-university-memphis-charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-1881720
The Bee’s softball Top 20: Sacramento-area stars in Pac-12 reflect area’s deep talent pool
sacbee.com/sports/high-school/article287067570.html
Shaun King’s Invite to CAIR-Minnesota’s Ramadan Event Yanked Over Community ‘Concerns’
thedailybeast.com/shaun-kings-invite-to-cair-minnesotas-ramadan-event-yanked-over-community-concerns
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Editorial: Early lifeguard recruitment a good sign for city pool season, and for Gainey admin
post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2024/03/23/lifeguard-summer-city-pool-opening/stories/202403200088
Statue exhibition is 'mayor's exit propaganda' says Colston 4 member: "The purpose of the exhibition should be to make things less divisive ...
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/statue-exhibition-mayors-exit-propaganda-9184715
Social justice: Ted Landsmark on the Boston flag attack photo: Platforms for speaking thoughtfully about how to overcome racism do not always come predictably; ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/03/21/magazine/how-the-1976-flag-attack-photo-lit-the-fire-of-social-justice/
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