2019 Annual Global Wealth Report released - 0.9 percent now own nearly half of the planet's $361 trillion in wealth - U.S. added 675,000 new millionaires. Overall, the report shows the world's millionaires now own a combined $158.3 trillion, or 43.9 percent of all global wealth. Read More: Credit Suisse ReportDid You Know Report Downloads
Black farmers once made up 14 percent of America's farmers. Today, black farmers account for less than 2 percent. One of them, fourth-generation sugar cane farmer Wenceslaus 'June' Provost Jr., is fighting to maintain his family's farming legacy. June and his family were once part of the 1999 Pigford lawsuit, a massive class-action suit brought...
U.S. LOCAL Problem: No Shame at School ". . . .a child goes through the cafeteria line, at the end of the line, because they have debt or they don't have cash to pay for the meal, they will take the lunch away and throw it in the trash, because the food cannot be reserved." Many children across the country still cannot afford school lunch....
Bias Isn't Just A Police Problem, It's A Preschool Problem | Let's Talk | NPR A new study by researchers at Yale found that pre-K teachers, white and black alike, spend more time watching black boys -- expecting trouble. NPR reports: Read More
We are going to be explaining 12 cognitive biases in this video and presenting them in a format that you can easily understand to help you make better decision in your life. Cognitive biases are flaws in logical thinking that clear the path to bad decisions, so learning about these ideas can reduce errors in your thought process, leading to a...
Some California preschools are getting children to participate in conversations about racial differences at an early age by introducing an anti-bias curriculum that teaches kids about diversity and inclusion. Against a backdrop of national divides over race, these educators use art projects and discussions to infuse a powerful message into the...
Where the foothills of Mount Kenya merge into the desert, the people of Samburu have maintained a strict patriarchy for over 500 years in northern Kenya. That is, until 25 years ago, when Rebecca Lolosoli founded Umoja village as a safe haven for the region's women. Umoja, which means "unity" in Swahili, is quite literally a no man's land, and...
The number of women running for election in this year's US mid term elections was at an all-time high, and an unprecedented number ended up winning. Before Tuesday, there were 107 women in Congress, and that figure has been passed. Among the many firsts: the first two Muslim congresswomen, Michigan's Rashida Tlaib and Minnesota's Ilhan Omar;...
Five years ago, the journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates published “The Case for Reparations” in The Atlantic, a cover story that would reinvigorate national discussion over debts owed for slavery and discrimination against black Americans. Today, on Juneteenth, he is testifying at a House hearing on H.R. 40, a bill that would establish a commission...
“The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” Civil Rights Malcolm X Downloads
A New Jersey wrestler who had to cut his dreadlocks (video) to compete in a match. Dreadlocks, cornrows and other natural hairstyles protected under California law
California on Wednesday became the first state to protect citizens from discrimination based on hairstyle, a law greeted with both enthusiasm and a touch of dismay by people of color....
The ultimate goal is to hit 5–10% of the $20s in circulation, putting the number into the millions, "at which point it would be difficult to ignore.TubmanStamp.com information about the project and Tubman’s legacy, figured out how to make and sell bulk stamps - available on Etsy - with funds going to the Southern Poverty Law Center,...