Nationwide — The statistics are grim: Black women and black babies are losing their lives at a rate that’s 3-4x higher than any other ethnicity during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States. After coming across news reports exposing this dire issue, Roman Debotch from BlackExcellence.com […]
LORI HINNANT and BRAM JANSSEN, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — One by one, five to a grave, the coffins are buried in the red earth of this ill-kept corner of a South African cemetery. The scrawl on the cheap wood attests to their anonymity: “Unknown B/Male.” […]
“It’s never true that *no one* is talking about a thing. It’s often true that *not enough* people are talking about a thing …,” anti-violence activist Mariame Kaba recently tweeted from her popular @prisonculture account. Immigrants Seeking American Citizenship Face Extreme Delays That is […]
A student in Louisiana was pulled from school in front of her classmates because of her “unnatural” hairstyle. Her family is considering taking legal action against the school, while finding their daughter a new one. A video of the incident was posted to Instagram this […]
In a predominantly black county in rural Georgia, plans to close around 75 percent of voting locations are in motion. This closures would happen ahead of the election in November, and could deprive black voters of the opportunity to elect the first black candidate for […]
The Trump administration has not launched any efforts to limit the state restrictions on the ability to vote, and things are changing nationwide. A voter ID law in North Dakota could restrict many Native Americans, the collection of absentee ballots is being challenged to suppress […]
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