A new study led by researchers at North Carolina State University finds that states that exhibit higher levels of systemic racism also have pronounced racial disparities regarding access to health care.
The authors used publicly available state-level data from the Census Bureau…
Elaine Thompson-Herah strikes second gold of Tokyo 2020 in 200m final with Christine Mboma of Namibia claiming silver.
Athing Mu takes 800m gold
Selemon Barega won gold in 10,000m finals
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (PUR) women's 100m hurdles final winner
Weightlifting-Ecuador's Barrera wins gold in women's…
Wealth creation is now happening at a faster rate in Black and Latino communities than the general population, new research from Merrill Lynch shows.
U.S. households earning more than $125,000—which Merrill defines as affluent—have grown by 53% since 2015, according to the…
A new study by Christopher Berry, the William J. and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, finds that low-income families face far higher property tax rates than high-income families. The reason is differences in assessment rates between low-income and high-income…
When the competition gets real, white supremacists changes the rules. Caster Semenya of South Africa, Christine Mboma of Namibia, Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi, and Margaret Wambui of Kenya were all barred from participating in their signature races at the Olympic games in…
Mureza Auto, a black owned car manufacturing company in Africa, is preparing to roll out its first 100 vehicles to the market next week. The company is based in South Africa and plans to manufacture in Botswana and Zimbabwe as well. …
Zaila Avant-garde just won the National Spelling Bee. Zaila outlasted a field of 11 finalists to win the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee title and the first-place prize of $50,000 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. In…
Juneteenth is now a US federal holiday.
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day…
Former Zambian President and Freedom Fighter Kenneth Kaunda has died at the age of 97. Kaunda was being treated at a military hospital in the capital, Lusaka at the time of his death.
Kenneth David Kaunda, born April 28, 1924 in Lubwa, near Chinsali, Northern Rhodesia…
TB Joshua, the popular Nigerian charismatic preacher and televangelist, who has died at the age of 57, left a conflicting legacy. The co-founder of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations megachurch was hailed by his ardent followers as a “true man of God” and a…