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California has a history of racist land seizures. Will reparations bills bring justice?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoA memorial to Bruce's Beach in Manhattan Beach. The city of Manhattan Beach used eminent domain in...
Slavery and Empire Still Mark the British Countryside
Time via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoLevant Mine, Cornwall. The Levant Mine operated from the late 18th century until its closure in...
Back in the day, being woke meant being smart
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 month agoConservative politicians have launched attacks against the use of the word “woke.” If they knew the history of the word, they might stop wasting their...
The landmark Genocide Convention has had mixed results since the UN approved it 75 years ago
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWhile the Genocide Convention has helped raise awareness and prevent ethnic violence from...
Senegal's president-elect pledges to fight corruption after a stunning victory for the 44-year-old
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSenegal woke up Tuesday to a new president-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a former tax inspector and...
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle 'would still be in the U.K.' if Prince William spoke out about racist...
Yahoo Celebrity· 7 months agoRoyal correspondent Omid Scobie's latest book, Endgame, offers a glimpse inside one of the world's...
The new AP African American Studies course has been consumed by politics. But what's actually being...
Yahoo News· 1 year agoRecent controversy surrounding the College Board’s new Advanced Placement course on African American...
Putin’s going to China. It’s one of the few places the accused war criminal can go
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 10 months agoRussian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t go abroad much these days. To visit any of the 123...
Senegal’s little-known opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye is named the next president
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSenegal’s little-known, 44-year-old opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye was named the country's...
80 years ago, a racist mob destroyed Opal Lee’s home. Now, the ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ is...
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMore than 80 years have passed since a racist mob destroyed Opal Lee’s family home in Fort Worth,...