Documentary Shames Tobacco Industry For Targeting The Black Community
A decades-long campaign to hook African Americans on menthols has unfortunately worked like a charm. Written By Nigel Roberts The…
These are the 5 worst cities for Black Americans
1. Erie, PA Black population: 7.2% Black median income: 43.2% of white income White unemployment: 4.0% Black unemployment: 24.6% Nationwide,…
The Brazilian Experience: How Black Rage Turns into Revolt
Brazilian black movements have been organizing and protesting against racial violence and injustice for decades. When the Black Lives Matter…
There Are More Black Catholics in the U.S. Than Members of the A.M.E. Church
Emma Green How black Americans defy religious stereotypes—and navigate race relations in historically white, European spaces. In the wake of…
Majority-black cities in the U.S. are the focus of a new study
Detroit is the largest black-majority city in the United States, but there are thousands more, especially spread across the southeast.…
Why Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Are Colonies and Not States
By David Love The post-hurricane devastation facing Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the lack of attention being…
America’s shadow war in Africa
The U.S. has deployed at least 1,500 troops to the Sahel and sub-Saharan regions, with little public debate and what…
The healthy D.C. economy is leaving behind longtime black residents, new study finds
By Perry Stein The booming and increasingly dynamic D.C. economy is leaving the city’s longtime black residents behind, according to…
NAACP Calls Out FBI’s Latest Report on “Black Extremists” as Déjà Vu
Press Release October 9, 2017 Baltimore, MD— According to a journalistic investigation by the news outlet Foreign Policy (FP) the…
Black man attacked at white nationalist rally in Charlottesville faces felony charge
By Derek Hawkins October 10 at 5:13 AM Play Video 0:58 Video shows attack on black man at ‘Unite the…