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The mother of a 43-year-old New York man whose death was ruled a homicide after an encounter with police is saying that she never requested “special favors” from police. Gwen Carr, a Staten Island resident, responded to a New York Post report that Assistant Chief Edward Delatorre arranged to have police fixed a bad headlight and the […]

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has agreed to pay $250 million to five young black men who served years in prison for a crime they did not commit. Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Yudef Salaam, Antron McCray and Korey Wise were found guilty of the 1989 rape of Trisha Meili. Known as the Central […]

New York Knicks Center Enes Kanter skipped this week’s game in London, claiming that he could potentially be killed over his criticisms of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Kanter, who is Turkish, no longer wants to leave the United States or Canada to play basketball because of this fear, telling the New York Times, “The N.B.A. […]

According to the New Yorker, China has been engaging in a concerted effort to stifle anyone it considers dangers to its perception as an idyllic communist paradise that is even wider than previously reported. They do this by exiling and jailing people in a practice called bei luyou, which means “to be touristed,” and consists […]

The Trump administration announced over the weekend that immigrants who legally use public aid such as food assistance programs and section 8 housing would have this used against them in green card applications in its newest attempt at keeping Black and brown people out of the country. This new policy could potentially force millions of […]

According to Campus Reform, The New School’s Eugene Lang College of liberal arts, which is based in New York City, will be offering a class titled “Male Melancholia: Crisis Masculinity”, which will focus on post World War II masculinity and how it has been depicted both in news and pop culture media. According to the […]

By Denarii Grace Some days I wonder if the work that I do is worth it. On the surface, Black artists/cultural workers, healers, teachers and activists who live most on the margins have the least to gain in their lines of work. And in a society based on the allure of social and financial capital, […]

As reported by the BBC, the new Socialist government of Spain will welcome migrants from three ships that rescued 630 people hailing from around 26 different countries, including Eritrea, South Sudan, Algeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. According to officials, the migrants have among them some 123 unaccompanied minors, 11 children under the age of 13 […]

According to a report from Axios, private equity firms like KKR, which recently acquired Envision Healthcare in a $10 billion deal, are experts at monetizing profits from the healthcare system. In order to do this, they have often relied on “surprise medical bills” like ER visits and ambulance rides. Doctor groups, emergency room staffing and […]

Last month during a congressional hearing, US Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families acting assistant secretary Steven Wagner told Congress that his agency was unable to account for 1,475 children who had been placed with sponsors between October and December of 2017. Though all the children unaccounted for showed up […]

Fox News is being attacked from all sides as former employees file multiple lawsuits against the news giant. Multiple on-air personalities have cut their ties with the network – not all by choice – while behind the scenes employees have come out with claims of sexual and racial harassment.

Akeem Browder feels that his life experiences make him suitable to be the next mayor of New York City. Browder’s worked as an activist and has been homeless, but the one spect he’s most known for is being the older brother of Kalief Browder.