BEN WALKER | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Looking around Memorial Stadium before Game 1 of the 1983 World Series, Philadelphia Phillies star Gary Matthews saw a lot of Black talent. 
Marquise Francis | YAHOO NEWS
Black people in the U.S. are seven times more likely to be falsely convicted of a serious crime like murder than white people, according to a new report published Tuesday by the National Registry of Exonerations. The finding is based on an analysis of exonerations for serious crimes in the U.S. over the last four decades, which found that Black people make up less than 14% of the U.S. population but account for 53% of exonerations in the country.
Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Council will force all public school students ages 12 and up to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
LIZ WOLFE | REASON
School starts on Monday for District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), which is requiring—per D.C. Council vote—that all students ages 12 and up be vaccinated against COVID-19. In addition to teens providing proof of vaccination, students of all ages must provide proof of a negative COVID test prior to the first day of school.
This is wrong what the government is doing to us. I don’t care if you’re Republican or Democrat or Independent. You know wrong is wrong, and I was one of the first people to support President Biden,” Boyd said. “We’re not getting what we need from the administration right now, and that’s just not good from a group of people who overwhelmingly supported you and voted for you.”
Shanique Yates | AFROTECH
There is an entire Chinese industry profiting off of racist videos about Africans. Yes, you read that correctly. Sadly, in the year that is 2022, racism is still a global epidemic and a recent report from Rest of World is proof of it.
Danielle Paquette and Rael Ombuor | THE WASHINGTON POST
DAKAR, Senegal - In a part of Nigeria that has dealt with monkeypox outbreaks for years, one doctor saw the photos circulating in Western media this week and chuckled.
"Those are the very severe cases," said Oyewale Tomori, a virologist in the nation's southwest. "Like, 'Ahh! This is monkeypox!' "
Dozens of well-known leaders in Jamaica including professors and politicians are demanding an apology and slavery reparations as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge prepare for a trip to the former British colony
DÁNICA COTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dozens of well-known leaders in Jamaica including professors and politicians are demanding an apology and slavery reparations as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge prepare for a trip to the former British colony.
African Students Fleeing Ukraine Report Being Told ‘No Blacks’ on Buses
Anita Bennett | URBANHOLLYWOOD411
Race is apparently a factor for people trying to flee Ukraine as fighting rages following Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24.
African students and migrant workers have been sharing stories with reporters and on social media alleging Ukrainian authorities denied them entry onto buses and trains because of the color of their skin.
Stop Calling the Truckers Racist. Many Black Canadians Support Them
JAMIL JIVANI | NEWSWEEK
Liberal politicians and mainstream media corporations want you to believe that the trucker convoy in Ottawa is racist. The first line of attack on the truckers was to focus public attention on bizarre, still unexplained images of horrible Nazi and Confederate flags being waved at the protest. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can barely do a press conference these days without mentioning racism, and Canada's socialist political party, the NDP, even brought a legislative bill forward to ban particular symbols of hate.
🕊️Not to mention expose them to risks which DO NOT outweigh the purported benefit! UCSF Oncologist DR. VINAY PRASAD MD on CA bill proposing VAX MANDATES for CHILDREN🕊️
We're pro-vaccine but can't support California lawmaker's school COVID vaccine mandate
Two physician epidemiologists argue in this op-ed the likely costs of Sen. Pan's bill would not be worth the benefits
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg, Dr. Vinay Prasad | SFGATE
Two weeks ago, state Sen. Richard Pan introduced a new bill which would require all children K-12 to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend school in person after Jan. 1, 2023. Unvaccinated children would be forced into remote learning.
Omicron travel bans on African countries are 'Afrophobia,' Malawi's president says
Rachel Pannett | THE WASHINGTON POST
The president of Malawi has described travel bans imposed by several nations - including the United States - in response to a new strain of the coronavirus as "Afrophobia," joining other African leaders in condemning the restrictions.
Many countries have closed their borders to travelers from southern Africa after the new virus variant, dubbed omicron, was identified by South African scientists last week.
Jessica Guynn | USA TODAY
Facebook apologized after it mislabeled a video of Black men as “primates,” the latest in a series of racial gaffes by artificial intelligence systems that technology companies use to automate recommendations and other features.
Facebook users who recently watched a video from The Daily Mail featuring clips of Black men in altercations with white police officers and civilians received a prompt asking if they would like to “keep seeing videos about Primates,” the New York Times reported late Friday.
☝️THIS woman, Kimi Katiti is an absolutely BRILLIANT communicator - I'd LOVE to see her in a SERIOUS debate with ANY of the so-called 'woke' drones in academia or the Babylonian media on this extremely 'hot topic'. I'd challenge ANYONE to a match of wits and wisdom with her ANY day of the week! All four of these videos should be REALLY LISTENED to VERY carefully by EVERYONE - and DEFINITELY before you make a knee-jerk comment below if you are the type who is inclined to do that sort of thing...
