(CNN)Early on Sunday morning, the mutilated body of a 42-year-old woman was found in Eersterust, a middle-class township in Pretoria, South Africa. Two days earlier, residents in the Soweto township of Johannesburg discovered the body of another young woman under a tree. And just over […]
On Wednesday, director Nia DaCosta tweeted out a stunning new trailer for her upcoming Candyman film, along with a brief explanation of the themes she’s exploring in the movie. If it weren’t the trailer for a new Jordan Peele production, it’d be an extraordinary short film about […]
This year, many Juneteenth events have been revamped as virtual or cancelled altogether as the coronavirus pandemic disproportionately threatens the African American community the holiday represents, commemorating the end of slavery. But with continuing protests against racism sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, calls for […]
Tackling systemic racism is fundamental to achieving environmental and climate justice, according to leading activists, as Covid-19 disparities and the global uprising against police brutality lay bare the ramifications of racial inequalities in every sphere of life. A wave of protests demanding an end […]
When tens of thousands of people hit the streets protesting the police killing of George Floyd, many worried that the crowds—often too dense to allow the recommended 6 feet of social distancing—would spark a new wave of COVID-19 cases. Yet in New York, city and […]
The number of people forcibly displaced from their homes has doubled over the past decade to almost 80 million, according to the UN refugee agency. A 9 million rise in the number of those forced to flee in 2019, fuelled by conflict in Syria, […]
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