Black workers’ job fatality rates are the highest they’ve been in nearly 15 years, and Latino workers die on the job more than any other group, according to a new …
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Haiti’s transitional government weighs future after ‘collapse’ of institutions
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsHaiti’s transition council took power in a ceremony on Thursday, formalizing the resignation of former Prime Minster Ariel Henry as the Caribbean country seeks to establish security after years of…
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‘I’m here to get an abortion’: Arizona women dodge protesters before the window closes
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsPHOENIX — Jordan Johnson, 29, was one of several patients who waded through a half dozen anti-abortion activists on Thursday while making her way into the Acacia Women’s Center. Just…
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Mister Cee, legendary hip-hop DJ, dies at 57. Why the hip-hop community is in deep mourning.
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsFrom the early days of Notorious B.I.G. to the rise of 50 Cent, legendary hip-hop DJ Mister Cee was a pivotal figure in the New York City rap scene and…
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To many Black Americans, the O.J. Simpson verdict was bigger than O.J. Simpson
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsWith the trial’s every detail broadcast in wall-to-wall coverage on cable news — a pure anomaly at the time — Simpson’s downfall symbolized something deeper to many Black people, particularly…
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Timeline of O.J. Simpson’s NFL career, murder trial, arrest, release and more
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsO.J. Simpson was the star tailback for college football’s powerful University of Southern California in the late 1960s. O.J. Simpson holds the Maxwell Award, presented to him in Philadelphia on…
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Billy Dee Williams defends blackface, says actors ‘should do anything’ they want to do
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsBilly Dee Williams believes actors should be able to perform in blackface. In a new episode of Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, the “Star Wars” actor recalled watching Laurence Olivier in 1965’s…
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Civil rights groups push to rename Baltimore bridge because of namesake’s links to slavery
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsA consortium of civil rights groups voted unanimously Wednesday to petition the Maryland state government to rename the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was destroyed by a cargo ship last…
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