People Like Amy Cooper Are Why I Left New York City
When I moved to a white neighborhood, my life became a series of incidents like the one in Central Park. MAY 27 2020 12:41 AM In 2016, I was coming…
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith speaks at a news conference at the team's practice facility in Owings Mills, Md., Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. The Ravens are scheduled to face the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship on Sunday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
‘Why NFL players kneel: Reason 1 million’: Athletes speak out after death of black man in police custody
Prominent sports figures spoke out on Monday after video began to spread on social media showing a white Minneapolis cop with his knee on the neck of a black man who…
Arbery case exemplifies abuse of ‘stand your ground,’ but the damage is broad and systemic
Brunswick is one of those southern Georgia towns with two faces. It's a majority black, coastal city of about 16,000, about 1.5 hours south of Savannah where true stories about the negotiated…
Bay Area woman accused of posting notes on homes targeting Asian Americans
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. — A woman in the San Francisco Bay Area has been arrested on suspicion of posting handwritten messages at several homes, targeting Asian Americans and suggesting that…
For Eric Garner’s mom, video of man pleading ‘I can’t breathe’ to police is ‘reoccurring nightmare’
"It was déjà vu all over again," Gwen Carr said about the police-involved deaths of her son, Eric Garner, in 2014 and George Floyd on Monday. Gwen Carr was horrified…
Mory Kanté: Guinean musician dies aged 70
The Yé Ké Yé Ké singer’s son said he was unable to travel to France for his usual treatment owing to coronavirus-related restrictions The Guinean musician Mory Kanté has died…
3 Africans in Mexico City Grave Tell Stories of Slavery’s Toll
The three skulls were unlike hundreds of others in the 16th-century mass grave uncovered at the San José de los Naturales Royal Hospital in Mexico City. Their front teeth were…
When you finish ‘The Lovebirds,’ more Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani await
"The Lovebirds" couldn't be any cuter, unless you count the stars breaking down one of their scenes. Netflix released a video over the weekend of Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae giving a shot-by-shot…
A Michigan football player thought he was getting physicals. He was being abused.
For more than 40 years, Chuck Christian did not call himself a victim because he did not think he was one. Then, in February, an old teammate called. Remember Dr.…
An African literary event for the lockdown era
NAIROBI(NYT NEWS SERVICE).- For novelist Maaza Mengiste, the coronavirus lockdowns and stay-at-home measures that have taken hold around the world bring back the sense of exile she felt when she and…