Pharrell wants federal investigation into cousin’s death

Donovon Lynch, the cousin of Grammy award-winning musician Pharrell Williams was shot and killed by police in Virginia in March. A...

US athletes allowed to kneel, raise fists at Olympic trials

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) said athletes competing at trials for the Olympic Games will be free to...

Evanston, Illinois is first US city pay reparations to black residents

An Illinois city will be the first in the US to make reparations available to black residents for past discrimination and the effe...

Minneapolis to pay US$27M to settle George Floyd family lawsuit

The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay US$27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over the blac...

White man seeks forgiveness for attacking black family’s home

A white man accused of firing shots into the home of a black suburban Detroit family is seeking forgiveness. The family had placed...

‘Sister Sister’ actresses Tia and Tamera faced racial discrimination as kids

Like many other black Americans, Sister, Sister actresses Tia and Tamera Mowry also faced their fair share of racial discriminatio...

‘Simpsons’ to stop having white actors play non-white characters

“The Simpsons” will no longer have white actors voicing the roles of non-white characters on the long-running series, part of ...

Slave grave vandalized in the UK

The grave of an enslaved African man has been vandalised in an apparent “retaliation attack” after protesters in the c...