More than 50 Black former McDonald’s franchise owners are suing the burger chain, saying the company steered them to less-profitable restaurants and didn’t give them the same support and opportunities given white franchisees. The 52 plaintiffs, who owned around 200 U.S. stores before being […]
Tennis star Naomi Osaka says she’s highly aware that people watch the U.S. Open all over the world, so she wanted to use the tournament to raise awareness about Breonna Taylor. Osaka faced off against Japan’s Misaki Doi on Monday, Aug. 31, at Arthur Ashe Stadium in […]
People have taken to the streets after deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department fatally shot a Black man after stopping him for a vehicle violation. Family members identified the deceased man as Dijon Kizzee, reported CBS Los Angeles. Sheriff’s Lt. Brandon Dean […]
The latest round of protests has been centered around the police shooting that took place in Kenosha, Wisconsin, when a police officer shot an unarmed Black man in the back seven times as it was caught on video. Jacob Blake, who is paralyzed from the waist down due […]
I live in Washington, D.C., and much like most of the parents in the area—the whole country, really—my wife and I have looked for mostly outdoor activities to do with our kids since the beginning of the pandemic. Washington, D.C., and its surrounding suburbs, […]
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