Chidiebere Ibe spotted a flaw in medical training. Ibe, a first-year medical student aspiring to be a neurosurgeon, quickly realized the lack of diversity in the skin tones used in his textbooks and medical workups. He has a passion for art and medicine, and decided to combine both of his talents to bridge the gap. […]
In honor of Black History Month, Unchenna explores the complex history of Black and African-American characters in videogames. » Subscribe to NowThis Nerd: http://go.nowth.is/Nerd_Subscribe For Black History Month 2019, we wanted to explore the evolution of Black characters in video games, from the earliest days of the medium to modern heroes in Assassins Creed, Watch […]
’He brought an ‘All Lives Matter’ shirt to me and he was yelling at me with it, calling me racist’ — Black food truck owners Brittney Myers and Solomon Odubajo recount the terrifying moment a white man pulled a gun on them in what they think was a hate crime. » Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe […]
After this TV host compared her Black co-anchor to a gorilla on air, she delivered this tearful apology to him and the entire community. » Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe » Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https://go.nowth.is/KnowThis In US news and current […]
Republicans split a Black college in half to win elections in this state — but this type of gerrymandering isn’t anything new for the GOP. » Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe Black students at HBCU North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (North Carolina A&T State University) are calling out Republicans’ aggressive gerrymandering that split their […]
This woman spreads small acts of kindness to keep her late husband’s memory alive. » Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https://go.nowth.is/knowthis_youtube » Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe This episode is sponsored by Periscope by General Motors. Lisa DeCoste is committed to honoring […]
The NYPD and FBI allegedly conspired to kill Malcolm X, according to one former officer’s recent deathbed confession. » Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe » Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https://go.nowth.is/KnowThis For more U.S. news and racial justice coverage, subscribe to NowThis […]
Students at Block High School in Jonesville, Louisiana, are still facing segregation and inequality every day at school, more than 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement. » Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe More than 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education ended school segregation at American high schools and […]