Andrea Dijkstra, BBC News Kenya’s fishermen are increasingly struggling to make a living. JEROEN VAN LOON. Featured Image [dropcap]As[/dropcap] the frozen fish defrosts under the hot Kenyan sun, fishmonger Mechak Juma prefers not to tell his customers that it has come all the way from China. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] We are at the largest fish market […]
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Pa. Man Who Gives Free Haircuts to the Homeless Receives Free Barbershop From Stranger | The Root
Breanna Edwards, The Root Brennon Jones takes to the streets of Philadelphia giving haircuts to the homeless. Courtesy of Brennon Jones. Featured Image [dropcap]Winter[/dropcap] is approaching and, with it, all the difficult weather conditions that often apply. Because of that, one kindhearted Philadelphia man thought that he would have to temporarily give up his mission […]
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Stacey Abrams for …. Governor? Senator? Veep? President?! The Georgian who is usually sure about everything finds herself conflicted about her future. | The Cut
Rebecca Traister, The Cut In an election-night tweet, Democrat Stacey Abrams urged her supporters to “STAY IN LINE until your vote is cast.” Three polls stayed open late after some voting machines in predominantly black districts were delivered with no power cords, rendering them useless. (Stacey Abrams/Twitter). Featured Image [dropcap]I[/dropcap] am sitting in a car […]
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Karyn Parsons Talks About Her Debut Novel, ‘How High the Moon’ | Black Girl Nerds
New Novel Highlights Jim Crow, Colorism and George Stinney, Jr.
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The One and Only Naomi Osaka | The Undefeated
She’s a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside a blistering forehand: For all her growing fame, the world’s No. 1 remains tough to define—just the way she likes it.
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This Nigerian boy just became a chess champion in New York | BBC
Sherrexcia Rolle is adding a little #BlackGirlMagic to the predominantly white aviation industry.
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29-year-old woman running the largest black-owned airline in the Bahamas | Face 2 Face Africa
Black women are making telling contributions to the aviation sector, an industry which is largely male-dominated.
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Women’s History Month: Reclaiming the herstories of black woman suffragists | Daily Kos
Denise Oliver Velez, Daily Kos Chris Capilongo. Featured Image [dropcap]Watching[/dropcap] Democratic Party women don white to attend the State of the Union address back in January in honor of the suffragists’ battle for the vote evoked mixed feelings. I felt pride as a feminist, and pain as a black woman aware of the fact that […]
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50 Powerful Pictures From Black History That Speak For Themselves | BuzzFeed
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” —Booker T. Washington
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Ilhan Omar: We must apply our universal values to all nations. Only then will we achieve peace. | The Washington Post
Ilhan Omar, The Washington Post House at 2217 Macomb, taken on May 3, 1950. Detroit Public Library Digital Collections. Featured Image [dropcap]Ilhan[/dropcap] Omar, a Democrat, represents Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives. Since I began my first term in Congress, I have sought to speak openly and honestly about the scale of the issues […]
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