NUTLEY, N.J. – It began with a tweet of a police officer at a Black Lives Matter protest in June and a crude request to identify him. “If anyone knows who this b—h is, throw his info under this tweet,” the tweet read. Sitting home in Queens Village, New York, Georgana Sziszak […]
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Woman hurls racist slurs during rant at black landscapers in viral video
WKMG/ YouTube A video of a woman in Orlando swearing and shouting racist slurs at two black landscapers has gone viral online. In the video, a woman can be seen aggressively shouting at two black men, who have said they were part of a landscaping crew working at her neighbours […]
Stop Scrolling and Start Following These Black Roller Skaters
Photo credit: Pete Kotzbach From ELLE Quarantine Internet has inspired us to do so much: Buy tie-dye; bake bread; question whether, actually, everything is cake; and, maybe most adventurously, try our hand at roller skating. The sport has gone viral over these past few months, prompting news reports and spikes […]
Black scientists, physicians are using hashtags to uplift
Black scientists are embracing the hashtag movement that forced the nation to take a hard look at systemic racism. As #BlackLivesMatter remains a rallying cry across the country, Black researchers and physicians are using tags including #BlackBirdersWeek, #BlackInAstro, #BlackInNeuro and #BlackInChem to lift up the achievements of their peers and call out the discrimination they face […]
Manhattan Beach was once home to Black beachgoers, but the city ran them out. Now it faces a reckoning
A century ago, Bruce’s Beach in Manhattan Beach was one of the most prominent Black-owned resorts by the sea. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) Anthony Bruce could barely talk about the beach that bears his family’s name without feeling a sharp pain, a tug at the heart. More […]
Florida man accused of illegally detaining Black 18-year-old heading to basketball practice
A former Florida theme park security guard has been arrested for allegedly acting like a “vigilante” when he “racially profiled” and falsely detained a Black teen who was on his way to basketball practice, prosecutors said. The 18-year-old was riding his bicycle during the early morning hours of June 8 […]
There Is a Tremendous Untold Story of Black People on Bikes
Photo credit: Joshua Rashaad McFadden From Bicycling Being a Black woman cyclist means that I’m carrying on a tradition and am part of a legacy of Black cyclists. My hometown of Atlanta has an incredible history of Black people being active outdoors on a bike. During the 1940s, Black elites […]
‘Is this a holdup?’ White woman blocks Black Postmates driver from building in CA video
Viral video of a Los Angeles woman blocking a Black Postmates driver from delivering food to another tenant in her apartment building is drawing strong reactions online. The video, originally posted to Instagram on Wednesday, shows a user identified as Jordan Mykel Gipson attempting to make a delivery at an […]
How a one-man Black Lives Matter protest has tested Miami town’s police force
When 20-year-old Sebastian De La Hoz embarked on a one-man Black Lives Matter protest from the Freedom Tower in downtown Miami last month, he wasn’t sure where it would take him. Holding a sign that said, “Racism Will Never Go Away Until Love and Equality Prevails,” he walked for hours, […]
Congresswoman Maxine Waters jumps out of her car to intervene as black man stopped by police
Congresswoman Maxine Waters was filmed intervening in a police traffic stop: Xaiver Brown / Twitter California congresswoman Maxine Waters went to assist a black man who was pulled over by police in Los Angeles this weekend. In a video shared online, Ms Waters parked her SUV and said she intervened […]
A Black teen didn’t do her online schoolwork during the pandemic. A judge sent her to juvenile detention.
juvenile detention Getty This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. This story was co-published with the Detroit Free Press and Bridge Magazine. Grace, 15, was sentenced to […]
Inside historic black bookstores’ fight for survival against the COVID-19 pandemic
OAKLAND, Calif. – Inside Marcus Books, the nation’s oldest black-owned bookstore, no one lingers anymore over shelves lined with a diasporic collection of African and African American history, culture, music and literature. Staffers take phone orders from the safety of their homes. Shoppers keep their distance when darting in and out […]
Virus, Floyd death merge in brutal blow to Black well-being
Doctors have known it for a long time, well before the resounding cries of “Black Lives Matter”: Black people suffer disproportionately. They face countless challenges to good health, among them food, transportation and income. The stress of living with racism has very real, physical effects. And they are especially prone […]
White couple arrested after pulling gun on black family outside restaurant
Twitter A white couple have been arrested after they were caught on camera pulling a handgun on a black woman and her family outside a restaurant in Michigan, authorities have said. Jillian Wuestenberg, 32, and Eric Wuestenberg, 42, were charged on Thursday with felonious assault, Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper […]
Hampton Inn worker fired for calling cops on Black guests; Police open ‘internal investigation’
A Hampton Inn employee has been fired after calling the police on a Black family using the hotel’s swimming pool in Williamston, North Carolina. “Hampton by Hilton has zero tolerance for racism or discrimination of any kind. On Saturday, we were alerted to an online video of a guest incident at one of our […]
Hampton Inn employee fired for calling cops on Black guests at the pool; Hilton apologizes
A Hampton Inn employee has been fired after calling the police on a Black family using the hotel’s swimming pool in Williamston, North Carolina. “Hampton by Hilton has zero tolerance for racism or discrimination of any kind. On Saturday, we were alerted to an online video of a guest incident at one of […]
Southern towns grapple with their pasts as they host Black Lives Matter protests
A crowd of 500 people gathered under an expansive blue sky at the base of a rusty bridge that crosses the Intracoastal Waterway in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, on June 12. Most wore black T-shirts that read “Black Lives Matter” and carried signs echoing the words and names of Black Americans whose deaths have […]