Black Lives Matter

Starbucks to close US stores

Agencies Apr 18, 2018

NEW YORK: Starbucks announced Tuesday that it would close all company-owned stores and corporate offices in the United States on May 29 to conduct "racial-bias education," following outrage over the arrest of two black men in one of its cafes. It was the latest move by the CEO of Starbucks to recover from damage to the mammoth chain's reputation by the incident, captured on video and posted last Thursday on Twitter, which has been viewed millions of times and drawn widespread condemnation. The curriculum will be…

Lady Gaga takes up ‘Black Lives Matter’ with sober new album

AFP Oct 22, 2016

Entertainment

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES: Lady Gaga rose to fame with her shock-inducing outfits and remains the seventh most followed person on Twitter, but on her sober new album, she admits an unease in the era of social media. "Joanne," the now 30-year-old singer's first solo album in three years, marks a shift from the glam synthpop that made Gaga a club sensation to another retro sound - unadorned soft rock, with forays into country. The singer who once said that she lived for the applause takes up weighty issues including Black…

Clinton says Trump is most divisive candidate ‘in our lifetimes’

Reuters Jul 14, 2016

International

SPRINGFIELD: In a speech weighted with America’s complicated racial history, Democrat Hillary Clinton laced into Republican presidential rival Donald Trump on Wednesday, accusing him of fueling divisions among Americans over race and religion.

Thousands take to streets across U.S. to protest police violence

Reuters Jul 9, 2016

International

DALLAS: Thousands of people took to the streets in U.S. cities on Friday to denounce the fatal police shootings of two black men this week, marching the day after a gunman killed five police officers watching over a similar demonstration in Dallas.