by Christopher A. Daniel RZA recalls being in Beijing beside award-winning filmmaker Quentin Tarantino watching a final playback on a camera monitor. Just a few years prior, the two creative minds were collaborating in the exact s...
by Christopher A. Daniel Jacques Schwarz-Bart is always up for a challenge. The tenor saxophonist, producer, bandleader, composer and arranger is one of jazz music’s latest superlatives. His latest effort (fourth album), Th...
CNN is reporting that at least 16 people in the United States were killed in incidents related to Hurricane Sandy. The Red Cross reported that nearly 11,000 people spent Monday night in 258 Red Cross-operated shelters across 16 st...
The New York Times and The Washington Post are reporting over 20 deaths in the Caribbean due to Hurricane Sandy. The storm hit early Friday with 80 m.p.h. winds and knocked out power lines and flooded the streets. Weather r...
Mohammed Awad of Bikyamasr.com is reporting that Ethiopia Muslim and Christian students have once again called for unity after a violent attack on a police station in the eastern part of the country left at least four people dead....
Jose Morales of Bikyamasr.com is reporting that Brazil has named the first black Supreme Court Justice in the history of the country. Morales writes: “Joaquim Barbosa has been elected as Chief Justice of the country’s Suprem...
Opinion by Dr. Alton C. Strange One of the things that sets our public education system apart from the rest of the world is the belief in education being the “great equalizer.” The ability of any individual, regardless of their c...
BBC Africa is reporting that millions of dollars have been lost in the Nigerian oil industry due to a “price-fixing scam.” A total of $29 billion is missing due to the scam, with $6 billion disappearing ever year, and it is estima...
BBC Africa is reporting that millions of dollars have been lost in the Nigerian oil industry due to a “price-fixing scam.” A total of $29 billion is missing due to the scam, with $6 billion disappearing ever year, and it is estima...
BBC Latin America is reporting that Hurricane Sandy slammed Jamaica leaving one person dead. Hundreds of people took refuge in emergency shelters and schools as the hurricane which arrived as a category 1 hit the island. Airports ...