The inmate, Layleen Polanco, suffered an epileptic seizure in June 2019 and died in solitary confinement. Seventeen corrections officers in New York City will face disciplinary action in connection with the death of a…
In a week of shows announcing that white actors would no longer voice Black characters, The Simpsons has made its own casting change. “Moving forward, The Simpsons will no longer have white actors…
https://youtu.be/2u7ifuYr904 In this stunning, semi-autobiographical debut feature by “exciting new talent” Faraz Shariat, Parvis is a young and openly gay son of exiled Iranian parents who immerses himself in pop…
An 18-year-old Muslim woman arrested at a Black Lives Matter protest in Miami says her hijab was forcibly removed from her head for a booking photograph and she was not…
Misogyny, hip-hop culture and the silencing of women of colour are delicately unpicked in a devastating documentary ‘If you are a rape survivor, you are a crime scene. Your life…
The 23-year-old died in Colorado after police put him in a chokehold and paramedics injected him with ketamine. Activists are calling on Colorado officials to reexamine the circumstances that led…
ATLANTA (AP) — A prosecutor on Wednesday announced that three men have been indicted on murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in coastal Georgia. Speaking to reporters outside…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday launched a panel to re-examine the role of human rights in U.S. foreign policy, drawing criticism from lawmakers and…
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Thirteen civilians have been killed in ethnic violence in central Burkina Faso, the government said on Wednesday, echoing a rise in inter-communal conflicts in neighboring Mali linked…
One of the best-known indigenous defenders of the Amazon rainforest has died with coronavirus in Brazil, where the disease continues its rapid spread. Paulinho Paiakan, chief of the Kayapó people,…