WNBA basketball superstar Brittney Griner arrives at a hearing at the Khimki Court outside Moscow on June 27, 2022. | Source: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / Getty Here’s a thought: Why is Brittney Griner still in jail and what is the Biden…
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‘Please, Help Me Get Out’: ICE Reportedly Torturing Cameroonian Immigrants at Detention Centers, Many Taken to Rooms Without Cameras
Deportations from the United States have ramped up in lieu of the Nov. 3 presidential election, according to humanitarians who allege that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has targeted immigrants from African nations with abuse and exile. Multiple reports from international…
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Nigerian Startup Paystack Acquired By U.S. Financial Giant Stripe As Race to Expand Financial Services In Africa Continues
California-based financial services company Stripe has acquired the Nigerian payments startup Paystack in order to expand its services to the African continent. The multi-million dollar deal will allow both companies to operate independently. TechCrunch said the agreement is valued at…
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Brazilian Retail Company Sued for All-Black Trainee Program, Accused of Limiting Opportunities to Non-Minorities
Brazilian retail giant Magazine Luiza SA is facing a lawsuit from the country’s federal public defender’s office, which has accused the company of discrimination for its exclusively Black trainee program. According to the civil action, Magazine Luiza’s trainee program is…
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Young Black Woman Reduced to Tears on Her Birthday After Irish Woman Goes Off on Her Friend Group on a Dublin Bus: ‘Go Back to Africa, It’s a Long Walk’
A young woman was left crying on her birthday after a white woman went on a racist rant and scuffled with another woman on an Irish bus. The incident occurred on Sunday evening on the 44 Dublin Bus, as reported…
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How Long Was Nelson Mandela In Prison?
Source: TREVOR SAMSON / Getty UPDATED: 11:23 a.m. ET, Aug. 4, 2020 — How long was Nelson Mandela in prison? The former political prisoner who went on to become South Africa’s first Black president was imprisoned for 27 years after…
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‘What’s Wrong With Our Leaders?’: Zimbabwe to Compensate White Farmers $3.5 Billion for Mugabe-Era Land Expropriation
On Wednesday, Zimbabwe signed a $3.5 billion agreement to compensate white farmers whose land was expropriated by the government and re-allocated to Black families. Robert Mugabe, the former president of Zimbabwe, led a land reform program 20 years ago that…
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White Teenager Who Forced Autistic Black Boy to Kiss His Shoe Asked to Write Good Behavior Contract As Punishment
The white teenager who was seen forcing an autistic Black boy to kiss his shoe in a video that surfaced in June will not spend any time in jail under the terms of a recent settlement. A 17-year-old white male…
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Call from Passerby Prompts Police to Barge Into Home to Arrest 12-Year-Old Black Boy Over a Toy Gun That Was Only Seen Through a Window
A London law enforcement official defended officers who were accused of using excessive force against a 12-year-old boy who was playing with a toy gun. Officers from the Metropolitan Police arrived at Kai Agyepong’s home on July 17 after a…
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