Mecklenburg County is celebrating women across the county and across the country for Women's Equality Day. For the first time in three years, the Women's Advisory Board is hosting a…
When Mayor Michelle Wu convenes her cabinet for its biweekly meeting, the faces in the room look much like those on the city’s streets: a mixture of whites, Blacks, Latinos…
When it comes to diversity, Ken Colao leads by example. More than a third of the 90 staffers — 38% — at his construction management company, CNY Group, is Black,…
KINGSLAND, Ga. – The NAACP Camden County Branch is accusing the Camden County Sheriff’s Office and the Kingsland Police Department of racially profiling and unlawfully arresting a young Black man during…
Following hours of angry and tense protests, UC Berkeley officials abruptly announced Wednesday afternoon that they would pause work on transforming historic People’s Park into housing “due to the destruction…
Money has yet to be collected from marijuana tax; architect of program says other funding sources should be considered Money has yet to be collected from marijuana tax; architect of…
Two months after the California Reparations Task Force released its initial report detailing the state’s history of slavery and the ongoing impact of race-based discrimination, the state has launched a…
In 2020, Dr. Shirley Weber championed Assembly Bill 3121, which created the first state-based reparations task force for African Americans in the nation. Montgomery Steppe is San Diego City Council president…
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s national parks, home to thousands of wildlife species such as lions, elephants and buffaloes, are increasingly threatened by below-average rainfall and new infrastructure projects. A prolonged…
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has deployed soldiers to help clean up the Oder River, which runs along the border with Germany, after 10 tons of dead fish surfaced from…