Four hundred years on, Mexico’s oldest Black community struggles to survive

[ad_1] Oaxaca, Mexico – Outside Mama Cointa’s home where she has lived for almost all her life, guests have gathered to celebrate her 101st birthday. Her friend Victor steadies her quivering hand with his own while she tilts a ribbon-wrapped...

‘Transformative’: US Census to add Middle Eastern, North African category

[ad_1] Advocates for Arab Americans routinely use one word to describe how diverse communities from the Middle East and North Africa have for decades been categorised in the United States Census: “Invisible”. But that is set to change when the next...