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‘He better pick a Black woman’: Biden faces Whitmer backlash

PoliticoAugust 10, 2020August 10, 2020

by PoliticoAugust 10, 2020August 10, 202000

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here “There are a lot of Black people mad at her [Whitmer] in this state,” Rollins told POLITICO, citing her record on Flint’s lead water crisis and education policy, particularly in Detroit. As Biden prepares to announce his choice this week,......

Michigan Black officials push Biden for Black female VP over Whitmer

Detriot NewsAugust 10, 2020August 10, 2020

by Detriot NewsAugust 10, 2020August 10, 202006

Detroit News – For more and to sign up click here Lansing — Black female leaders in Michigan have complicated views on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s potential selection as presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate amid a national push for him to pick a woman of color. Biden, who......

Why the Black National Anthem Is Lifting Every Voice to Sing

SmithsonianAugust 10, 2020August 10, 2020

by SmithsonianAugust 10, 2020August 10, 202003

SMITHSONIANMAG.COM | Aug. 10, 2020, 9:42 a.m. The air inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is electric with collective black joy. It is Sunday, August 20, 1972, the afternoon of the storied Wattstax concert, a seven-year community commemoration following the 1965 Watts neighborhood uprising against police brutality and systemic discrimination.......

New York Times - Sports

Hockey, Rocked by Racist Acts, Embraces Black Lives Matter Campaigns

New York TimesAugust 10, 2020August 10, 2020

by New York TimesAugust 10, 2020August 10, 202000

Morgan Campbell Minnesota Wild forward Matt Dumba walked to center ice before an N.H.L. game this month and addressed the television audience, not about the game but the need for the sport to fight racism. “The world woke up to the existence of systematic racism and how deeply rooted it......

The Black, Millennial Mayor Who Tore Down His City’s White Monuments

PoliticoAugust 9, 2020August 9, 2020

by PoliticoAugust 9, 2020August 9, 2020012

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here It was easier said than done. After Stoney’s change of heart on the statues, he rallied city councilmembers in support of an ordinance for removal, to be introduced when the new state law went into effect nearly a month later.......

Is COVID-19 making Black birth more complicated?

CBS NewsAugust 8, 2020

by CBS NewsAugust 8, 202000

CBS News – For more and to sign up click here Anna Jackman was six months pregnant when COVID-19 hit. The 36-year-old Long Island resident had made plans for welcoming her first child. Plans for her sister and husband to attend the delivery, plans for a doula to be with......

How Black and Latina women suffer more from the gender pay gap

CBS NewsAugust 8, 2020

by CBS NewsAugust 8, 202000

CBS News – For more and to sign up click here The Equal Pay Act passed in 1963, making gender-based wage discrimination illegal. However, more than 50 years later women are still paid less than their male counterparts. The pandemic could be making the situation worse, with women suffering more......

‘Black boxes’ from crashed India plane found

BBCAugust 8, 2020August 8, 2020

by BBCAugust 8, 2020August 8, 2020010

Image copyright EPA Image caption The flight was carrying Indian citizens left stranded by the coronavirus pandemic Investigators have found the so-called “black boxes” of a plane that crashed in the southern India state of Kerala, killing at least 18 people. The Air India Express plane, en route from Dubai,......

BBC Entertainment

Talking about Beyoncé’s Black Is King

BBCAugust 8, 2020

by BBCAugust 8, 202006

A student, a professor and a film director react to Beyoncé’s visual album, Black Is King. BBC – For more and to sign up click here...

Improving diversity in medicine could help close racial care gap

CBS NewsAugust 7, 2020

by CBS NewsAugust 7, 202000

CBS News – For more and to sign up click here Watch CBSN Live Only about 5% of doctors are African American. A neurosurgeon in training shows Adriana Diaz how difficult it can be for doctors of color to overcome barriers and how diversity can help improve care. Copyright ©......

Black teen forced to take off Black Lives Matter mask at his high school graduation ceremony

CBS NewsAugust 6, 2020

by CBS NewsAugust 6, 202000

CBS News – For more and to sign up click here A Black teenager says he had to take off his Black Lives Matter mask during his high school graduation ceremony in York, Pennsylvania last month. Dean Holmes told CBS News that he wore it because Black lives are “at......

Joe Biden launches new national ad aimed at Black Americans

Detriot NewsAugust 6, 2020August 6, 2020

by Detriot NewsAugust 6, 2020August 6, 2020014

Detroit News – For more and to sign up click here Kat Stafford, Associated Press Published 8:13 a.m. ET Aug. 6, 2020 | Updated 8:31 a.m. ET Aug. 6, 2020 Detroit – Joe Biden’s Democratic presidential campaign has launched a new national ad focused on Black Americans, urging them to......

NBA creating $300 million fund to help create economic empowerment in Black community

CBS NewsAugust 5, 2020

by CBS NewsAugust 5, 202000

CBS News – For more and to sign up click here The National Basketball Association‘s Board of Governors and the National Basketball Players Association said on Wednesday that they are creating a $300 million fund to start a foundation that will focus on “economic empowerment in Black communities,” according to......

Sports Illustrated - NFL

NBA Creates Foundation, Pledges $300M Over 10 Years to Black Growth

Sports IllustratedAugust 5, 2020August 5, 2020

by Sports IllustratedAugust 5, 2020August 5, 202006

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The NBA’s Board of Governors and the National Basketball Players Association have finalized plans to create the first NBA Foundation that will work to spur economic growth in the Black community, announcing Wednesday that the initial contribution will be $300 million over the next......

Aurora police apologize after video shows Black children handcuffed face down on the pavement

CBS NewsAugust 4, 2020

by CBS NewsAugust 4, 202001

CBS News – For more and to sign up click here A suburban Denver police department is apologizing after a video showed officers handcuffing Black children face down in a parking lot. The Aurora Police Department said the family was stopped mistakenly. The clip, which was posted on Facebook, shows......

CNBC - Real Estate

Housing affordability hit highest level since 2016, says Black Knight analytics

CNBC Real EstateAugust 4, 2020August 4, 2020

by CNBC Real EstateAugust 4, 2020August 4, 2020014

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US police apologise for detaining black family

BBCAugust 4, 2020August 4, 2020

by BBCAugust 4, 2020August 4, 2020016

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Aurora police have aologised for the arrests Police in Colorado have apologised for drawing guns on a black woman and four children they mistakenly arrested. Widely circulated video footage of Aurora officers handcuffing Brittney Gilliam, her six-year-old daughter, teenaged nieces and sister has sparked......

Curfew in Kashmir as protesters plan ‘black day’

BBCAugust 4, 2020August 4, 2020

by BBCAugust 4, 2020August 4, 2020018

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption 5 August is the first anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 Curfew has been imposed in Indian-administered Kashmir in anticipation of protests ahead of 5 August – the day the government stripped the region of its special status. Officials say the curfew is......

Trump 2020 Stickers Slapped on Black Bears, Animal Rights Group Offers Reward

TMZAugust 3, 2020August 3, 2020

by TMZAugust 3, 2020August 3, 2020021

President Trump has the black bear vote … at least that’s what someone wants you to think after a Trump 2020 sticker on a wild animals tracking collar. Help Asheville Bears, an animal rights group based in North Carolina, says it’s offering $5,000 to find the folks responsible for slapping......

Black civil servant ‘dehumanised by police’

BBCAugust 3, 2020

by BBCAugust 3, 202000

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