Diaspora remittances, impact of SVB’s failure on African startups
As innovators, investors, and world leaders converge in Silicon Valley, California, United States, on Wednesday to discuss the future of…
A course meant to inspire more Black students to take AP classes sparked a culture war instead
The Advanced Placement African American Studies class was designed to prepare more Black students for college. Now, it's better known…
‘I cried for a long time’: Black hair stylist’s dream crushed by racist neighbor
Angel Pittman says her dream to create a mobile hair salon was thwarted when a neighbor harassed her with racist…
Irvo Otieno’s death: Video shows Virginia deputies and medical workers appearing to pile on top of him before his death
Surveillance video from the March 6 incident at Virginia's Central State Hospital captures some of the final moments of the…
7 deputies face murder charges in death of Black Virginian Irvo Otieno
Video from a state mental hospital shows a Black Virginia man who was handcuffed and shackled being pinned to the…
Black founders who banked with SVB fear backsliding on hard-won gains
Silicon Valley Bank earned mostly good reviews from entrepreneurs of color who recalled strained alliances with the financial industry. The…
The Black diaspora on stage at The Drake
A cast of Afro-Latinas performs at the Drake's Proscenium Theatre through this Sunday, March 19. Three women, three generations, and…
AfriCaribbeans Festival to unite Africa with its diaspora
History has recorded 1792 as being the year that formerly enslaved people founded Freetown