The Danger of White Liberalism and Performative Allyship
Following slavery, colonialism, jim crow and other forms of exploitation and domination whiteness has inevitably become entangled with a history of oppression, ... Read More...
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Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated at home in Port-au-Prince
The assassination of President Jouvenel Moise of Haiti on Wednesday at his private residence on the outskirts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, is still reverbera... Read More...
United Nations Human Rights Commissioner challenges global antiblackness: calls for reparations
https://vimeo.com/567485759 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Michelle Bachelet's landmark report comes in the wake of the heinous murde... Read More...
Digital Africa: African YouTubers who are changing the world’s view of Africa.
Digital Africa: In part one of a two part series Nu Origins magazine takes a closer look at African You Tubers changing the world's view of the continent.
Wod... Read More...
I Can’t Breathe: Can 8 minutes 46 seconds change the world?
I’m holding in my hands a remarkable book. It is beautiful, visually rich, poetic and timely. It is called ‘I Can’t Breathe - Can 8 minutes, 46 seconds change ... Read More...
Memorial for Dorothy ‘Cherry’ Groce: Victim of wrongful police shooting
As the world continues its focus on police violence against Black bodies, in the UK, a memorial was unveiled for Dorothy ‘Cherry’ Groce at Windrush Square, Bri... Read More...
The aftermath of the Killing of Duante Wright
Duante Wright, a 20-year-old Black man shot and killed by police officers in what should have been a routine traffic stop just ten miles from where the Derek Ch... Read More...
Trump Final Act: The Killing Fields
Trump is the first president in over 17 years to execute prisoners at the Federal level. Why would Trump spend his final days in office on a killing spree? In ... Read More...
Alicia Keys Teamed Up With The NFL Kickoff To Raise $1 Billion For Black Business & Black Communities…
Shout out to Alicia Keys, who performed at the NFL Kick Off with a Black Empowerment goal in mind. Despite the fact that the NFL has shown its ugly white suprem... Read More...
The Democratic Republic of Congo: No Closer to Justice
When Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi, was finally sworn in more than a year and a half ago, in January 2019, his long-delayed in... Read More...
Two Nigerian Scammers Arrested After Swindling Half A’ Billion Dollars Online
Olalekan Jacob Ponle and Raymond Igbalode Abbas, are two kingpins of a cyber criminal gang of about 12 gang members who commited illicit internet schemes, both ... Read More...
Why are they looting?: Grappling with Expressions of Black Pain and What Activist Fannie Lou Hamer Taught Us About It (Op Ed)
As darkness fell upon the Atlanta skyline, the tide began to shift. On Friday, May 30th, 2020, peaceful gatherings gave way to physical expressions and outcrie... Read More...
“Panther Power” & Justice For “George Floyd” and The Rest of Our Fallen Soldiers
“As real as it seems the American Dream
Ain't nothing but another calculated scheme..." 2pac Shakur
Tupac Shakur wrote these words in the early 1990s a... Read More...
How the Justice Committee is Protecting New Yorkers from Police Violence. An interview with Simone Gamble
“You can’t use policing to solve public health problems...What communities need is more education, public services notices and engagement by social services a... Read More...
