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The wins just keep coming for Chance the Rapper. The Chicago artist’s career continues to grow, he’s earning more clout as a moving force in a changing musical landscape and his work in social justice is continuing to flourish. On Sunday, Chance was the recipient of BET’s Humanitarian Award, as well as a couple of […]

For years, Rihanna has used the Clara Lionel Foundation to help make the world a better place for everyone by donating to charities and helping foster more community resources. As a result of all of her hard work, she was recently named Harvard’s 2017 Humanitarian of the Year Award.

The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute will recognize six agents of change during its 2014 Fannie Lou Hamer Humanitarian Awards Luncheon on Friday. The honorees will receive the Fannie Lou Hamer Humanitarian Award, and BYP 100 member Albert Sykes is among them. 

  Just days after a video of her surprising her assistant with a brand new house for Christmas went viral, Jennifer Hudson is yet again making news for her altruism. Hudson will receive the People’s Choice Award for Humanitarian of the Year.  Hudson was selected in recognition for her work with the Julian D. King Gift Foundation, an […]

On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives issued a resolution that would remove U.S. troops on the ground in Yemen (although the president has indicated he would veto the measure if it makes it across his desk).

According to the New York Times, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been engaging in the practice of hiring child soldiers from the Darfur, Sudan region who have already lived through and fought in a civil war in their own country. The article profiles the experience of Hager Shomo Ahmed, a 16-year-old Sudanese boy who […]

by Daniel Johnson Recently, University of Temple professor, author, and activist Marc Lamont Hill was fired from his post as an on-air political commentator at CNN after delivering an address at the U.N. during the organization’s marking of the upcoming 70th anniversary of its original Declaration of Human Rights, which came on the conclusion of […]

After Israel ordered for the demolition of Khan Al-Ahmar in the West Bank, Palestinian residents have banded together to resist Israeli bulldozers from destroying their homes. Around 180 Palestinian adults and children face forced eviction from the area.

Yesterday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, announced that the Trump administration was admitting no more than 30,000 refugees in the fiscal year of 2019. The 2019 US fiscal year begins on October 1st.

By JaLoni Amor Owens In the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), which was released in May of 2013, there was a significant change in the criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These changes specifically impacted recognition of race-based trauma in racial and ethnic minorities. Prior to the publication […]

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 […]

Beyoncé just gave everyone, especially Black women, more to buzz about. This year, Coachella, the celebrated, historically white music and arts festival of nearly 20 years, became dubbed “Beychella” as the artistic phenom, businesswoman and humanitarian brought continental African and African American culture, and some comedic relief, to the stage. And while attendees undoubtedly were […]