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Jamaican officials seeking 7.6 billion pounds (about $10.5 billion USD) in reparations from Britain, a sum estimated to be equivalent to what Britain paid slaveholders.

State House Democrats are leaving Texas to ensure the legislature doesn’t have enough lawmakers present to approve the bill.

President Jovenel Moïse was fatally shot early Wednesday. His wife was also shot.

Do you feel conflicted about being Black in America? So have many of our freedom fighters.

A fire erupted in the Gulf of Mexico after a gas leak on Friday.

Non-profit would award a cohort of Black women innovators $100,000 each to improve conditions to generate wealth.

After initially denying tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones, the journalist behind The 1619 Project, the UNC Board of Trustees approved the tenured position.

The family of George Floyd presented victim impact statements, which were taken into account for Chauvin’s sentence.

The journalist spoke exclusively with ESSENCE about the new 3rd season of her “Jemele Hill is Unbothered” podcast— premiering June 28— and a partnership with Spotify launching The Unbothered Network.

Local IKEA said it would honor Black Americans with a menu including fried chicken and watermelon, while no Black people were among those who planned the meal, CBS reports.

The United States Senator (D-RI) claims the club has a “long tradition” in Rhode Island.

More than 80,000 people want to see Bezos stay in space after his planned ‘Blue Origin’ launch.

Critics have long called the practice to ban compensation exploitative of disproportionately Black student-athletes.

Students Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young filed a federal lawsuit Thursday accusing police of assault and false arrest.

Nicholas David Kraus charged with murder and assault for driving into protestors in Minnesota and killing 31-year-old Deona Marie Knajdek.

This follows the $330 million in private student-loan forgiveness for students at the ITT Technical Institute last September.

Black farmers were provided aid this year after decades of discrimination from the federal government. A group of white farmers was granted a temporary injunction to block their aid.

The scholar and author talks to ESSENCE about solidarity and the power dynamics facing both Black Americans and Palestinians in their fight for freedom.

The rapper teamed up with criminal justice reform advocates and the bill’s author to push for the legislation’s passage.

The GOP and Democrats have joined in condemning the Minnesota lawmaker for speaking up against human rights violations perpetuated abroad.