The American dream of homeownership has increasingly become a nightmare for Black families. The 2021 report, “State of Housing in Black America,” confirms the gap in the homeownership rate between Black and White families is wider today than when housing discrimination was legal. In 1960, there was a 27-point gap…

LOS ANGELES — With a formal verdict rendered, those who loved hip hop icon, community builder and voice of the streets Nipsey Hussle are repeating his mantra. The race of life, the drive for progress and a special legacy must live on. His mantra: The Marathon Continues. “Keep this marathon…

Being a global economic power is no longer necessary if you are the world’s gendarme, or policeman. Looking at the U.S. and its increasing global military presence, including NATO and U.S. Africa Command (Africom), the world’s largest distributor of corporate manufactured weapons of mass destruction is looking at military might…

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are characterized by a “shallow commitment” to racial justice and equality, an independent UN-appointed rights expert told the UN Human Rights Council on July 5, adding that they fail to address systematic racism and xenophobia. “Despite the 2030…

The economic outlook for the UK and the rest of the world has “deteriorated markedly,” the Bank of England has warned. The Bank warned on July 5 that there were a number of downside factors that could affect the country’s financial stability. …

Following the killings of at least 23 Brazilians during police raids and checks, UN-appointed independent human rights experts called for urgent reforms against “racialized police brutality.” “We have repeatedly raised our concerns about the excessive and lethal use of force used by Brazilian law enforcement officials and the disproportionate impact…

America, land of the free and home of the brave, is descending into more and more madness and chaos. Her greatness: her richness, her institutions, her towns and cities, her fleets and her scientific mechanical communications systems. Yet, with all of this might of skill in engineering or building, the…

As we embark on another new year, my resolutions are a little different. The things I am determined to do have more of an urgency to it. For instance, eating to live is a LAW. Just things around us are changing, I must change to a better version of me…

O’Shea Jackson Sr., best known to the world as Ice Cube, continues to evolve as an entertainer while also making his mark in business. …