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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Civil rights activists gathered outside the headquarters of Target Corp. on Thursday to call for a national boycott of the retailing giant over its decision to phase out its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.Target announced last Friday that it would join competitor Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back their DEI initiatives, which have come under attack from conservatives and the new White House of President Donald Trump.Nekima Levy Armstrong, a veteran civil rights lawyer in Minneapolis and founder of the Racial Justice Network, joined other local activists and their supporters at…

Avana Epperson-Temple COURTESY PHOTO Avana Epperson-Temple, president of the Massachusetts Black Lawyer Association, has been recently honored with the 2025 Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Pinnacle Award in the category of emerging executives. The award, now in its 30th anniversary year, highlights nine women who are captains of industry within their field and have distinguished themselves as leaders. Past honorees include Governor Maura Healey and Restaurateur Nia Grace. Epperson-Temple received her B.A. in international studies and sociology from Emory University and her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law. A successful attorney, she was appointed to the Business Litigation Session…

Sarah “Fancy” Lanier-Duncan and Emmanuel “Envy” Duncan Credit: Submitted photo Local artists launch center for creatives  Sarah “Fancy” Lanier-Duncan and Emmanuel “Envy” Duncan are two local artists and entrepreneurs on the move. Known musically as hip hop duo iLLism, the two recently expanded their horizons by launching a creative space for the community.  The married couple of 10 years recently launched The Legacy Building located in South Minneapolis. They also own CRWN Media and a record label called The CRWN, LLC.  They explained the meaning behind the business name(s): “CRWN is an acronym for Creatives ReWriting Narratives,” said Emmanuel Duncan.…

In this first-person narrative, Andrew Waaswa, Extension agricultural educator, shares his journey from North Carolina to Nevada, where he discovers how Extension builds on Thomas Monroe Campbell’s legacy—the nation’s first Black Extension agent—by supporting Black urban farmers and working to improve food security in underserved regions. Andrew Waaswa runs educational programs to streamline agricultural practices and boost productivity for farmers in Churchill, Mineral and Pershing counties. Photo by Sterling Frierson. Back in North Carolina, before moving to Nevada, I encountered Black farmers everywhere. During my time working with the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission Agricultural Leadership Development Program…

Walking around popular expat neighborhoods, you might think that foreigners in Mexico are almost always white. But indeed there are Black people from various countries living in Mexico, the largest group being Black Americans.  United States media such as USA Today and Bloomberg have covered the migration of young Black Americans to Mexico and other countries, often focusing on racism in the United States as a driving factor. An Insider interview with expat Amber Blackmon quotes her as saying, “As a Black American, I didn’t feel safe in the U.S. anymore, so I left the country for Mérida, Mexico.” Tiara…

County commissioner in Oklahoma accused of discussing killing reporters, lynching Black people resigns WXII Source link

Even though some exploitative practices may be in the past, the legacy of their unjust structures remains, and carries through into decision-making about climate change today, he says. “Ultimately our economic system has at its core this notion that in the pursuit of capital accumulation and profit, some people can be sacrificed, and that has overwhelmingly been people in the Global South,” he says. “So we have to understand the connection between slavery, colonialism and racialised capitalism, which creates the conditions for the climate crisis.”The anthropologist Jason Hickel also makes this colonial connection. As part of his work on global…

Just two months ago in the Cabinet Room of the White House, sitting at a table surrounded by a handful of his black supporters, Donald Trump once again praised his job creation record. “Black people right now are having the best, statistically, the best numbers that you’ve ever had, and it’s really an honor,” he said. “Nobody has done more for black people than I have. Nobody has done more.”That was 27 February and Trump was also still claiming he had done an “incredible job” with the looming coronavirus pandemic. Now the virus has led 26 million Americans to file…

Why Black Businesses In SoCal’s Orange County Are Thriving As Trailblazers Black Enterprise Source link

Ghana disapproves US invasion of Venezuela and abduction of President Maduro Ghana Business News Source link