35 h. ago Jeff Bezos's ex MacKenzie Scott contributes more than $700MILLION to 'historically black colleges'

Scott, 55, has given away $700 million since late September to more than a dozen Historically Black Colleges and Universities, as well as nonprofit organizations.

Economics

4 d. ago Different needs but similar fears arise in communities on both ends of Missouri's redistricting

The rush to redraw America's congressional maps has put a historically Black neighborhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and a mostly white farming community 100 miles away in the same district

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8 d. ago Model wins 'world's first' AI beauty pageant with digital clone of herself

Jessica Pliskin, 23, made history after winning the futuristic Black Mirror-style Avatar Round, which has been introduced in the Miss England contest

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8 d. ago ‘I enter a room and people say: “God just walked in”’: Morgan Freeman on voicing the divine, meeting Mandela – and his six decades on screen

The 88-year-old actor has appeared in more than 100 films, playing everyone from presidents to prisoners. Here, he reflects on AI’s ‘robbing’ of his voice, not believing in Black History Month – and why he’s nowhere near retirementIn a dishonest age when truth is under siege, media attention shatters into a thousand shards of glass and nothing is quite what it seems, what could be more precious than a voice of authority? Cue Morgan Freeman, an actor who has portrayed a US president, Nelson Mandela and the Almighty, and replaced Walter Cronkite on the voiceover introducing the CBS Evening News. If John Gielgud’s baritone was described as being “like a silver trumpet muffled in silk”, Freeman’s is like rich wood polished to a quiet shine.It was less God’s gift than the product of hard work, thanks to an inspiring voice and diction instructor at his community college in Los Angeles. “If you’re going to speak, speak distinctly, hit your final consonance and do exercises to lower your vo...

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1 week ago Stephen Lawrence's brother hails David Lammy as first Black man to take PMQs

Stephen Lawrence's brother Stuart has hailed the historic significance of David Lammy becoming the first Black man to answer Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons today

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1 week ago David Lammy makes history as first black politician to lead PMQs

Deputy Prime Minister Lammy was standing in for Sir Keir Starmer at the weekly session in the Commons in what has been described as a 'landmark'

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1 week ago Lammy makes history as first black politician to lead Prime Minister’s Questions

The Deputy Prime Minister was standing in for Sir Keir Starmer while the Prime Minister attends Cop30 in Brazil.

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2 w. ago I was spat on for being Black – but Britain is not racist, says David Lammy

The deputy prime minister hit out at Reform MP’s remarks over adverts, warning they marked a return to ‘flagrant racism’

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2 w. ago Nvidia Black Friday 2025: reductions already live on graphics cards and gaming laptops

Nvidia has a history of discounting its graphics cards on Black Friday, so here's what to expect from the 2025 shopping event

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3 w. ago One killed and six injured after shooting at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University

One armed person detained as historically Black school shooting comes amid rising violence at homecoming eventsAt least one person was killed and six others wounded in a shooting at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania late on Saturday, as students and alumni celebrated homecoming at outdoor festivities at the historically Black university, authorities said.A person who had a firearm was detained, and officials are investigating the possibility that there was more than one shooter but don’t believe there is any active threat to the campus, Chester county’s district attorney, Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe, said during a brief news conference early on Sunday. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Shooting at a historically Black university's homecoming fest in Pennsylvania kills 1 and wounds 6

Authorities say gunfire erupted during outdoor festivities at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University, killing one person and wounding six others

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3 w. ago Murder, racism and a drama therapist? David Harewood, Toby Jones and Caitlin FitzGerald on their new Othello

Almost three decades after Harewood made history as the National Theatre’s first Black Othello, he is stepping back into the role. Annabel Nugent meets him and his co-stars over steak and salad to talk drama therapists, stinky smooches, and Blackface in theatre

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3 w. ago The Supremes, Marcus Garvey, Tupac Shakur: the cultural figures who inspired our Black History Month panel | Lenny Henry, Zeinab Badawi, Yolanda Brown and others

Contributors from the worlds of music, politics, the arts and beyond on those who helped shape their beliefs and identities Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘She redefined who belongs’: Misty Copeland takes final bow with American Ballet Theatre

Copeland made history as the first Black female principal dancer in the company's 75-year existence

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3 w. ago ‘She changed ballet’: Misty Copeland takes her final bow at retirement show

Copeland, American Ballet Theatre’s first Black female principal dancer, was celebrated with star-studded galaMisty Copeland took one last spin on her pointe shoes Wednesday night, showered with golden glitter and bouquets as she retired from American Ballet Theatre after a trailblazing career in which she became an ambassador for diversity in an overwhelmingly white art form.Copeland, who a decade ago became the first Black female principal dancer in the company’s 75-year history, was feted at its star-studded fall gala at Manhattan’s Lincoln Center. Oprah Winfrey and Debbie Allen were among those who gave speeches of praise. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Queen Camilla echoes Elizabeth II by wearing black for historic meeting with the Pope

Accompanying her husband King Charles for his historic visit, Camilla paired her silk dress by Fiona Clare with a veil by milliner Philip Treacy over her head and shoulders.

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3 w. ago Black History Month is a reflection of the political moment, so how do we revamp it?

The aim is to address systemic and institutional racism but those efforts need the space to expand not shrink• Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt’s Black History Month in the UK, and it feels like it’s time for a rethink. Over the years, an event that started out as a celebration and reminder of history, culture and the connections between global Black communities, has taken on a corporate feel, expanding to include events where Black people are paid to talk to white audiences about “unconscious bias” and “allyship”. The 2020s Black Lives Matter protests created a surge in the business of demonstrating racial awareness. But even that moment has passed. The wave has crested, leaving a sort of hollowed out legacy of what raising awareness is for. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Keegan Bradley says he’ll never get over ‘brutal’ Ryder Cup defeat

Bradley captained USA to a disastrous home loss to Team Europe at Bethpage Black to extend his history of Ryder Cup woe

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3 w. ago US leaders are erasing Black history. That threatens our future | Stacey Abrams and Esosa Osa

DEI is being used as a smokescreen to roll back progress and consolidate power. The goal is to rewrite our nation’s storyDemocracy flourishes when Black Americans advance. The evidence is clear: birthright citizenship, constitutional due process, anti-discrimination laws from education to housing to employment and equitable small business investments, are all byproducts of the systemic corrections known today as DEI. Yet, in recent years, DEI has been used as a smokescreen by cynical politicians and activists to roll back progress and consolidate power. Across classrooms, museums, boardrooms and federal agencies, the key pathways to opportunity and success are under attack through a coordinated disinformation campaign of erasure, distortion and suppression.The impact of these tactics is concrete and undeniable. Since the start of this year, Onyx Impact’s research has found, 306,000 Black women have lost their jobs and $3.4bn in grant programs investing in Black communities has been ...

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last month Historic town founded by Black Colombians fleeing slavery eyes second ‘independence’

San Basilio de Palenque calls itself ‘the first free Black territory in the Americas’ – a referendum next month could win its own local governmentThe Caribbean Colombian village that proudly calls itself “the first free Black territory in the Americas” is on the verge of freeing itself once again – not from the Spanish crown, as it did in the early 18th century, but from local government control.Just over 300 years after Spain recognised San Basilio de Palenque as a slavery-free territory, residents of the community, just 30 miles away from the touristic hub of Cartagena, are set to vote on finally becoming an independent town.Young people rehearse their musical performance for the night of the Drum festival in San Basilio de Palenque Continue reading...

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