Activism & Campaigns
Colombia’s first Black woman VP urges former colonial powers to pay slavery reparations
Colombia’s first Black female Vice President and slavery reparations advocate, Francia Marquez, has called on former colonial powers to atone for their past and pay slavery reparations. Per Reuters, Marquez, 43, touched on the topic of reparations during her opening speech at a United Nations forum in New York on Monday. Marquez in her speech…
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Idris Elba suggests removal of kitchen knife points to tackle stabbing crimes
Idris Elba has been actively involved in tackling knife violence in the United Kingdom. In...
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Megan Thee Stallion announces program to support Houston senior citizens affected by Beryl
Houston rapper Megan Thee Stallion is currently on tour duties outside the United States, but...
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Man told he wasn’t British after living in UK for 50 years granted indefinite leave to stay by Home Office
A retired shopkeeper, Nelson Shardey, who faced the threat of deportation despite residing...
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Nigerian man reveals how he changed his name on his resume before he got a job in the U.S.
Mukhtar Kadiri’s first name means “chosen one” in Arabic, and it carries a special and mysterious significance for him. His father named him Mukhtar after his friend from high school....
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74-year-old retiree who has lived in UK for nearly 50 years told he is not British
Nelson Shardey, a retired 74-year-old Ghanaian man who has resided in the UK for nearly half a century, has been asked to wait for 10 years before the Home Office grants him permanent residency. The retiree,...
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Student to do community service after racially abusing England striker Callum Wilson for passing ball to white teammate
A 21-year-old engineering student, Ibukun Quadri, avoided jail time after racially abusing England striker Callum Wilson on social media during England’s 2022 FIFA World Cup match against Iran. Quadri,...
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Deaf Google employee celebrated as a diversity hire sues tech giant for discrimination
A Black, deaf Google employee, Jalon Hall, has filed a lawsuit accusing the tech giant of discrimination based on her disability and race. Hall, celebrated previously as a success story for Google’s...
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Double-amputee war hero praised by Prince Harry will now get blue parking badge after application rejected
A double-amputee ex-Royal Marine lauded as a hero by Prince Harry and the Invictus Games for his service in Afghanistan, Ben McBean, said on Tuesday that he was denied a blue badge because he “doesn’t...
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Texas judge insists school was right in punishing boy for declining to change his hairstyle
A judge has ruled that a punishment handed out to a black high school student, Darryl George, for declining to change his hairstyle does not contravene the state’s new law barring race-based hair...
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Martin Luther King Jr. statue in Denver vandalized amid Black History Month
The police have opened investigations into circumstances leading to the vandalization of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Denver’s City Park as part of moves to determine whether the act was...
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New York high school girls basketball team pull out of game after claims of racial abuse
Two New York state school districts are conducting investigations into allegations of spectators hurling racial epithets at high school girls during a varsity basketball game. According to Dejane Buckley,...
