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In recent months, the Horn of Africa has been invaded by desert locusts that have consumed food crops and pasture. For Kenya, it is the worst infestation in 70 years.

Since 2007, the government had held off on releasing an official estimate of expectant and new mothers who died from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. It waited for the data to get better. But the new, long-anticipated number falls short.

Elected 150 years ago, Hiram Revels was the first.

Takes the reader from the 1969 murders of Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton and Panther Mark Clark—and the historic, thirteen-years of litigation that followed—through the dogged pursuit of commander Jon Burge, leader of CPD torture squad.

The star in the constellation of Orion has been visibly dimming since late 2019, and now stands at just 36% of its normal brightness. Astronomers are talking about the chance of the star becoming a supernova.

Canada’s National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women found “substantial evidence” natural resource projects increase violence against Indigenous women and children and two-spirit individuals. Yet, British Columbia ignored this link.

Ramogi Huma, is the Executive Director of the National College Players Association and a former football player at UCLA. What follows is his testimony, February 11, 2020 before US Senate Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection.

Whether a Democrat beats Trump or not, we are going to need a movement of people who recognize their common interests, and join together to fight for them. It’s the only way we will save what’s left of our planet, our civil society, and ourselves.

Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing is a reminder of the solidarity, commitment and community that African Americans forged to not merely survive in this nation, but to create beauty in the face of persistent injustice.

Partisan gap on dealing with climate change gets even wider