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How #BankBlack could help narrow the US wealth gap

Economics

This summer, a movement called #BankBlack encouraged those protesting police brutality to move their money to black-owned banks. Now, those banks are reporting a huge boost.

Jefferson Krua fled Liberia as a refugee at age 5, and eventually settled in Boston, MA. Recently, he's moved back to Liberia to help with re-building the country's infrastructure.

A young Liberian refugee, educated in America, chooses to move back ‘home’

Culture
A man protesting the shooting death of Alton Sterling is detained by law enforcement near the headquarters of the Baton Rouge Police Department in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on July 9, 2016.

America talks a lot about a ‘race war.’ Here’s why it doesn’t need to fight one

Justice
laquan mcdonald protests

Journalist: Black activists need black-only spaces. Here’s why we should respect that.

Justice
A boy with the Portuguese word for "peace" written on his forehead participated in a peace march in Rio de Janeiro's Alemao favela on April 4.

#BlackLivesMatter has gone global. And Brazil needs it — badly.

Conflict
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University of Cape Town student activists Nico Nomyayi (l), Morategi Kale (c) and Zanele Kabane (r). "Black students are tired all over the world," Nomyayi says.

South African students say protests on US campuses validate their battles against racism at home

Education

When the protests at the University of Missouri broke out, students in South Africa thought, “this is interesting.”

The World

For this hip-hop artist, black lives do matter — and it’s time to take a stand

Music

On Saturday in Austin, there was a Black Lives Matter protest on the campus of the University of Texas, down the street from near the annual SXSW conference. At the protest was Texas hip-hop artist D.Hawk, who says it’s time to take a stand against violence against African Americans.

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