‘We are Not Owners’: Smithsonian Makes ‘Ethical’ Decision to Give Back 29 Historic Pieces to Nigeria

‘We are Not Owners’: Smithsonian Makes ‘Ethical’ Decision to Give Back 29 Historic Pieces to Nigeria

More than two dozen artifacts held in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art have been returned to the region where they were seized. The D.C. museum will repatriate 20 Benin bronzes to Nigeria and transfer ownership of an additional…

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‘Demonization of the Person Who’s Died to Deflect … from Police Conduct’: Families of Chris Kaba and Oladeji Omishore Petition the United Nation to Investigate Their Police-Involved Deaths

‘Demonization of the Person Who’s Died to Deflect … from Police Conduct’: Families of Chris Kaba and Oladeji Omishore Petition the United Nation to Investigate Their Police-Involved Deaths

The family of a British drill rapper killed by local police is asking the United Nations, the world’s intergovernmental security and peace organization, to step in and help them get answers. They believe the police have stalled the investigation into…

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‘I Felt So Belittled That I Was Stopped, Searched, and Handcuffed in My Garden’: Black man to Receive Five-Figure Settlement for Wrongful Arrest at His Home

‘I Felt So Belittled That I Was Stopped, Searched, and Handcuffed in My Garden’: Black man to Receive Five-Figure Settlement for Wrongful Arrest at His Home

Law enforcement in the city of London is set to award a Black man a five-figure settlement after he was wrongfully handcuffed and detained by British police officers. The citizen was apprehended by law enforcement on his property while he…

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‘He Would Whip Us’: Chinese Man Faces Trafficking Charges for Using Malawian Children to Make Racist Videos, Posting Them on Social Media Page, ‘Jokes About Black People Club’

‘He Would Whip Us’: Chinese Man Faces Trafficking Charges for Using Malawian Children to Make Racist Videos, Posting Them on Social Media Page, ‘Jokes About Black People Club’

A Chinese man was arrested for child trafficking after a BBC documentary accused him of exploiting children in Malawi for social media notoriety and financial gain. BBC reporters discovered that Lu Ke was filming children as young as 6 making…

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