More representation of Black-owned businesses: now Yelp embraces 15 Percent Pledge
Notorious giant business review website Yelp declared yesterday that it has committed to the Fifteen Percent Pledge, a U.S. campaign for...
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Wrongly condemned Black man, released after 44 years in prison, says freedom is "breathtaking"
A North Carolina man, sentenced to 80 years in prison for rape and burglary, was released last week after spending 44 years behind bars....
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Life of Nobel Peace prize Congo's doctor who helps raped women is in real danger
Dr Denis Mukwege’s life, a top Congolese gynaecologist and Pentecostal pastor doctor who won the Nobel Peace prize in 2018 for his work...
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Ubisoft removes images associating BLM with terrorists from ‘Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad’
Ubisoft has issued an apology after it used imagery related to the Black rights movement in its latest game, Tom Clancy's Elite Squad....
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Despite racial injustice boycott, NBA athletes will continue season inspiring all sport disciplines
National Basketball Association (NBA) players agreed on Thursday not to boycott the rest of the season after forcing the postponement of...
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Ethnic women are the worst affected by natural disasters
The death rate among women is five times higher than that among men. Ethnic women were the worst affected by natural disasters that...
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Diversity-themed matches and games to change athletes’ conducts
Holding professional sports games with diversity themes, such as LGBT rights, can help change the discriminatory behaviour of athletes,...
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Senegal: first female surfer inspires the next generation to defy cultural norms
Growing up in the coastal capital of Dakar, Khadjou Sambe never saw a Black woman surfing the Atlantic swells. As Senegal’s first female...
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