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A new exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery, titled "The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure," brings together the work of 22 contemporary Black artists from the UK and the US who are taking the art world by storm. Curator Ekow Eshun says the show is an invitation to consider what "Black experience, Black lived experience, Black identity and being, and presence, and history" looks like. Alongside a new sculptural work create especially for the National Portrait Gallery, the exhibition includes works displayed in the UK for the first time, as well as paintings rarely...
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New York (AFP) - Marching in Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 was the first time AnnEliza Canning-Skinner "experienced what solidarity is," she says. Fast-forward three years and the 28-year-old has been a regular on the streets of New York, marching in support of Palestinians as Israel's bombing campaign of the Gaza Strip hits the one month-mark. Israel launched the offensive, which the UN warns is creating a humanitarian "catastrophe," after brutal Hamas attacks in Israel on October 7. Canning-Skinner is one of thousands of demonstrators across the United States who've turned out for pro...
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Conservative talk show host Clay Travis said the IRS should open an investigation into Black Lives Matter on Tuesday. During an appearance on Jesse Watters Primetime, Travis was asked if he thought the families of victims would speak out after collecting “pocket change” when BLM is “sitting on $43 million.” Travis responded to the question by saying that the families of victims, like George Floyd or Trayvon Martin, should be the most outraged along with anyone who believes in remunerative justice. Travis argued that the “fraud” organization should be investigated by the IRS. “Unfortunately, th...
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) slammed Black Lives Matter supporters after an especially violent night in the city last Wednesday. “Here is my question that I put out to the city: I thought Black lives mattered. Where are all those who stated Black lives matter?” the mayor said on NY1. “Then go do an analysis of who was killed or shot last night. I was up all night speaking to my commanders in the Bronx and Brooklyn. The victims were Black. Many of the shooters were Black.” “Why are 16, 17, 18-year-olds out on our streets armed with guns at 12:00 or 1:00 a.m.?” he added. Three people were ...
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The St. Louis couple who brandished their guns outside their home as Black Lives Matter protesters walked on their street after the death of George Floyd have been placed on probation as lawyers. The Missouri Supreme Court put a delayed suspension on the McCloskeys’ law licenses and instead put them on a two-year probation. That means that the couple will still be able to practice, but if they violate probation by breaking any more laws, the suspension will go into effect. “I think the reason why we were asked to be suspended had more to do with politics than anything else,” Mark McCloskey sai...
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Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, was evacuated on Tuesday after a bomb threat during a visit to Dunbar High School in Washington. D.C. Emhoff visited the high school to participate in an event honoring Black History Month. He was only there for five minutes before he was abruptly escorted out by Secret Service. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, a call was placed to the school’s front desk around 2:15 p.m. announcing the bomb threat. The caller also threatened there would only be ten minutes for evacuation. Emhoff was removed from the building by 2:18 p.m...
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Acquitted Kenosha, Wisconsin shooter Kyle Rittenhouse revealed to Fox News host Tucker Carlson that he supports the Black Lives Matter movement. “This case has nothing to do with race. It never had anything to do with race. It had to do with the right to self-defense,” Rittenhouse said in an interview with Carlson that will air on Monday’s edition of Tucker Carlson Tonight. “I’m not a racist person. I support the BLM movement. I support peacefully demonstrating. I believe there needs to be change,” said Rittenhouse, who claimed to be a victim of malicious prosecution. “I believe there’s a lot...
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Strangely Absent From Supreme Court Abortion Argument; Could States Adopt Similar Laws to Ban Voting By Black Citizens? Q3 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Absent Supreme Court Abortion ArgumentWASHINGTON, D.C. (November 1, 2021) - Strangely absent from this morning's Supreme Court arguments - on whether various plaintiffs can sue to block a Texas law which permits private citizens to enforce an arguably unconstitutional ban on most abortions - was any mention of a legal procedure which would permit such private citizens to be sued themselves, therefore providing a possible altern...
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A statue of George Floyd in New York City’s Union Square Park, a memorial sculpture to honor the late victim of the racial injustice, was vandalized on Sunday, just two days after it was unveiled to the public. The NYPD Hate Crimes department released footage of an unidentified person throwing paint on the statue while riding on a skateboard. The police have reportedly begun the investigation into the event. Volunteers immediately came to the scene to help the restoration process. Floyd was an African-American man from Minneapolis, Minnesota, who was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a local policema...
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A former District Attorney in Georgia was charged on Thursday for violating her oath of office during her tenure and hindering police officers with the investigation into the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was shot to death while jogging by three white men who chased him in trucks. Former District Attorney Jackie Johnson allegedly showed favor to one of the three defendants in the murder, a retired police officer called Greg McMichael, who had previously worked for Johnson as an investigator. According to the indictment, Johnson also recommended that another county’s prosecutor take ...
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