Tag: Black People
Prosecutors Show Voluminous Evidence of Racism by Arbery Murderers
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Federal prosecutors in the hate crimes trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s three murderers on Wednesday presented…
Why Lauren Smith-Fields’s Friends Turned to TikTok
On Jan. 22, the night before Lauren Smith-Fields would have turned 24, her friends gathered to celebrate the…
Rap Takes Over Super Bowl Halftime, Balancing Celebration and Protest
Leading up to Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, much ado was made over the fact that this would…
Black Authors Shake Up Brazil’s Literary Scene
RIO DE JANEIRO — Itamar Vieira Júnior, whose day job working for the Brazilian government on land reform…
Why a Diversity and Equity Group Took Black History Month Off
Rhonda Broussard spent two decades performing with West African dance groups in her free time. She would wait…
Celebrating Black History Month? These 5 Cities Are Going All Out
When the historian and journalist Carter G. Woodson proposed the first Negro History Week in 1926, he hardly…
Brian Flores Is Motivated by Moral Rectitude, Friends Say
During his first preseason as the Miami Dolphins’ head coach, in 2019, Brian Flores spoke with emotion about…
How Randa Abd Al-Aziz, a Black Iraqi, Got a Sudden Career in TV News
BAGHDAD — Randa Abd Al-Aziz was relaxing in a Baghdad cafe, making her friends laugh by reading a…
A Marker Honoring Jackie Robinson Was Defaced. M.L.B. Helped Replace It.
Later, he added: “The association of guns and violence against African Americans in this country is one of…
The Morgan Wallen Conundrum
When Strahan asked Wallen if country music had a race problem, all Wallen could do was shrug: “It…
Why Can’t We Turn Away From the N.F.L.?
The N.F.L. does not care about your concerns.It does not care if you think the most recent purge…
Trump Rally Fact-Check: Covid-19 and Election Falsehoods
WASHINGTON — During a rally in Arizona on Saturday, former President Donald J. Trump repeated his lie that…