84 Search results for "cuba"

Last fall, experts from the Cuban Ministry of Public Health mentored American medical experts in hopes of solving infant mortality issues in the United States. Kaiser Health News reported how the Cuban health care practitioners partnered with American practitioners to study reproductive and general health issues in Chicago’s Englewood community. While the island nation’s infant […]

President Donald Trump is continuing his mission to undo as much of Barack Obama’s legacy as possible. Last week, the president spoke in Miami about the U.S.’s relationship with Cuba. During his head-scratching speech, he called on the country to send back one of the country’s most famous residents. 

Assata Shakur has been living in exile in Cuba since 1979 when she escaped from jail while serving a sentence for the death of a New Jersey state trooper she’s long fought against. As a result, she’s been separated from family and has grandchildren she hasn’t yet met. However, Barack Obama becoming the first sitting […]

Tuesday marked the end of President Obama’s historic state visit to Cuba. His trip to the island nation was the first by a sitting U.S. president since 1928. But as the dissolution of the embargo between both nations becomes more and more probable, Black Americans stand to benefit considerably from restored diplomatic ties.

Tensions between the United States and Cuban governments have fluctuated between varying degrees of sensitivity for decades now. But President Barack Obama has been working steadily towards mending that relationship since Dec. 17, 2014 when he made the announcement that the two governments were going to restore their relationship, according to the New York Times. To further endorse […]

Cuba has made it very clear that they will not be returning Assata Shakur to the United States. From The Root: “I can say it is off the table,” Gustavo Machin, the deputy director for American affairs at the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, replied when asked if Shakur, whose birth name is Joanne Chesimard, […]

  The following piece is from Chicago Tribune. It was written by Achy Obejas. By: Achy Obejas She’s on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list. Why Cuba protects her.

      Cuba said Monday that it has a right to grant asylum to U.S. fugitives, the clearest sign to date that the communist government will not extradite America’s most wanted woman despite warming bilateral ties. 

Yesterday we reported on comments Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban made to The Tennessean. In an interview, Cuban admitted to being “prejudiced” and “bigoted,” arguing that all people make negative assumptions based on how others look. After the interview, Cuban took to his Twitter account to apologize to Trayvon Martin’s family after saying that he’d cross […]

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban made a few controversial comments on Wednesday during a conference in Nashville. During an interview with The Tennessean, Cuban pretty much stated that we all have preconceived notions, and in so many words, admitted to being a bigot.

Jay-Z leaked a blistering new track today, taking aim at politicians, critics of his trip to Cuba, and just about everything that’s landed the rap mogul in the headlines as of late: “Politicians never did sh-t for me / except lie to me, distort history / They wanna give me jail time and a fine / — Fine, let me commit a real crime”

Members of Congress are calling for an investigation into Jay-Z and Beyonce’s recent, widely-publicized trip to Cuba. Jay and Bey are alleged to have not gotten the proper clearance for the trip, and could face a substantial fine?