Three Black men are suing American Airlines, claiming they were unfairly removed from a flight due to racial discrimination. The lawsuit alleges they were ejected from American Flight 832 on Jan. 5 without valid reason solely based on their race. The men were told a complaint about body odor prompted their removal, but they have […]
Four years after George Floyd’s murder, police brutality against Blacks remains a significant societal issue. On May 25, 2020, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck for nearly 10 minutes, ignoring Floyd’s cries of “I can’t breathe” until he died. This incident, witnessed b...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP The United Nations has warned that the escalating fighting in Burma’s Rakhine State has forced around 45,000 minority Muslim Rohingya to flee, amid allegations of killings and burnings of property. “Tens of thousands of civilians have been displaced in recent days by the fighting in Buthidaung and Ma...
United Nations, United States – AFP The UN General Assembly voted Thursday to establish an annual day of remembrance for the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. The resolution written by Germany and Rwanda received 84 votes in favor, 19 against with 68 abstentions and makes July 11 “International Day of Remembrance of the Srebrenica Genocide...
Ed Dwight, America’s pioneering Black astronaut candidate, finally realized his dream of space travel after six decades. Blue Origin’s NS25 mission, on Sunday, saw the 90-year-old soar into space alongside five other passengers. Expressing exhilaration post-flight, Dwight described it as “life changing.” Dwight’s journe...
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s controversial pardon of Daniel Perry has ignited widespread criticism. Perry was convicted for fatally shooting Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster. His pardon was swiftly granted after a recommendation from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. It restores the convicted murderer’s civil ...
Washington, United States — AFP A Virginia school board has voted to restore the names of Civil War Southern generals to two schools, four years after they were removed following a wave of protests for racial justice. The move by the Shenandoah County school board, in a five to one vote, bucks a nationwide trend […]
In a Sydney court, Australian Sen. Pauline Hanson faced cross-examination over alleged Islamophobic comments directed at Sen. Mehreen Faruqi. Hanson, leader of One Nation, denied knowing Faruqi’s Muslim identity when telling her to “piss off back to Pakistan” on social media. Faruqi, of the Greens, initiated the case over Hanson’s social med...
Federal judge Loretta Biggs has struck down a 19th-century North Carolina law that criminalized voting while on parole, probation, or post-release supervision for a felony conviction. The law was argued as disproportionately impacting Black voters and found to violate the US Constitution’s equal protection clause. This decision is being cele...
Republican frontrunner and ex-president Donald Trump called immigrants who commit violent crimes “animals.” He made the remarks Tuesday in Michigan regarding the killing of a Georgia nursing student. In February, 22-year-old Laken Riley was killed allegedly by a man from Venezuela who was in the U.S. illegally. It sparked outrage against immig...
