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Menu Search Skip to content About Facebook Twitter Instagram The Black Report Facebook says Russian disinformation campaign targeted Africa 6h 1339072076347547649 New York City Cultural Groups Awarded More Than $47 Million in Grants The Department of Cultural Affairs announced Tuesday that more than 1,000 of the city’s cultural organizations would receive the funds. www.nytimes.com 6h 1339071913914675205 Google think tank's report on white supremacy says little about YouTube's role in people driven to extremism A new report from Google's Jigsaw on online extremism has again drawn attention to the role YouTube plays in radicalizing Americans. www.usatoday.com 6h 1339070961887416320 Opinion | Kamala Harris Deserves a More Important Job She could be at the forefront of helping a part of America that’s been left behind. www.nytimes.com 8h 1339048801923969025 Anheuser-Busch Foundation donates $100,000 to Urban League, launches employment partnership The Anheuser-Busch Foundation on Monday, presented the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis with a $100,000 donation in support of economic opportun... www.stlamerican.com 8h 1339047372203171840 Civil rights groups work to convince Black communities to get vaccine One of the largest hurdles associated with the coronavirus pandemic — the creation of a viable vaccine — has been scaled as the first Americans re... thehill.com 10h 1339021305555931138 Some US Churches Are Reportedly Committing to Reparations for the Black Community The Minnesota Council of Churches is hosting a “truth and reparations” initiative with the involvement of its 25 member denominations. www.insideedition.com 10h 1339020721868185602 Parkland survivor wants a different kind of gun reform movement: One that centers Black lives Aalayah Eastmond is a gun reform advocate and Black Lives Matter activist who wants to merge the two movements into one. mashable.com 10h 1339020357865517056 $15 million gift to Clark Atlanta University largest in its history Clark Atlanta University, Georgia‘s largest, private historically Black university, announced Tuesday it has received its single largest gift in... www.ajc.com 10h 1339020011999023104 Netflix Invests $25 Million To End Racial Housing Inequity For BIPOC Streaming giant Netflis has partnered with Enterprise Community Partners to help end the racial housing gap for Black families. www.blackenterprise.com 11h 1339009851373064195 Barack and Michelle Obama's family home has an incredible rooftop terrace - see inside Michelle Obama took to Instagram to share a photo of herself sitting inside her rooftop terrace at her family home in Washington, where she lives with... www.hellomagazine.com 14h 1338958283881713665 Oprah Winfrey surprises Twitter fans with gifts, jobs offers - TheGrio Oprah Winfrey is well known for her generosity and this holiday season is no different as she has been giving gifts to fans on social media. thegrio.com 14h 1338957866842157056 Anita Hill’s Commission Urges Hollywood To Improve Workplace Culture: ‘In The Midst of Any Global Health Crisis, Racism & Sexism Flourish’ Anita Hill, chair of the Hollywood Commission, is urging the entertainment industry to "do better" and use its power as a "world influencer," in relea... variety.com 14h 1338957676441690117 For Black Folks, Luther Vandross Will Always and Forever Be Family Fifteen years after his death from a heart attack — following a stroke in 2003 —he is still very much a part of the soundtrack of our lives, espec... www.essence.com 14h 1338950266637479936 HBO Max Will Honor Dave Chappelle's Request to Take Down 'Chappelle's Show' Late last month, a Netflix rep announced that the classic comedy series had been removed from the platform upon the comedian and co-creator's request. www.yahoo.com 15h 1338949851887923202 Opinion | My church will replace our Black Lives Matter sign. Will America replace its racist myth? Those who ripped down our sign — whether they are aware of it or not — suffer from kleptocratic, crony capitalism in the United States. www.washingtonpost.com 16h 1338925889640407045 'I'm in Tears Right Now': Tyrese Gibson Gifts His Hotel Rooms to Homeless Family, Shares Video Tyrese Gibson is using the holiday season to give back to those less fortunate. While filming for his upcoming film "Dangerous" in Kamloops, atlantablackstar.com 16h 1338925690457104390 Newly Released Bodycam Footage Reveals How Ahmaud Arbery’s Kille A newly released bodycam video shows Travis McMichael shamelessly blaming Ahmaud Arbery for provoking his own shooting earlier this year in Brunswick,... newsone.com 17h 1338918533909057537 Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Launches New Imprint With Random House Fans can expect new Roc Lit 101 books in the future from Fat Joe and Yo Gotti, as well as something in the "fantasy fiction" space from Lil Uzi Vert. www.complex.com 19h 1338878754677002247 A Black Student’s Mother Complained About ‘Fences.’ He Was Expelled. A dispute about the reading of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play in an English class escalated at the mostly white Providence Day Scho... www.nytimes.com 20h 1338868138063003649 Why seeing a Black nurse get a COVID vaccine may counter fears in the Black community As Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine rolls out in the U.S., an expert in health inequity talks to Yahoo Life about the importance of having two Black women at... www.yahoo.com Load More... The Black Report Facebook Twitter Instagram © 2020 Richard Jones Media LLC. The Black Report® Contact Us Oxford theme by The Theme Foundry...