US and Cuba to Start Talks to Normalize Relations
BBC News is reporting that the US and Cuba are to start talks to normalize diplomatic ties in a historic shift...
Michel du Cille: Three Time Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer Dies
The Washington Post is reporting that celebrated photographer Michel du Cille, a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer has died. It is being...
Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair Delivers
Ebony Magazine is undeniably one of African American culture’s most influential and immediately recognizable brands. For seven decades, the brainchild of...
Selma Tops 2014 African American Film Critics Association Awards
Los Angeles, CA (December 8, 2014) – Selma, the first Hollywood studio film with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as the...
Albuquerque Police Department: Is Brutality the Norm?
Conor Friedersdorf of The Atlantic is reporting that the Albuquerque Police Department is one of the most brutal police departments in...
Tamir Rice: Victim’s 14-Year-Old Sister Tackled and Handcuffed After Shooting
Eliott C. McLaughlin of CNN is reporting that the 14-year-old sister of Tamir Rice, 12, who was shot and killed by...
Gabonian Footballer Banned for Responding to Fans Racist Abuse
BBC Sports is reporting that Gabon midfielder Guelor Kanga, 24, has been banned for three matches by the Russian Football Union...
NAAAOM Files $10B Lawsuit Against AT&T and DirectTV
The National Association of African American Owned Media (NAAAOM) has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against AT&T and DirecTV for race...
Marion Barry: DC Begins Three-Day Farewell to Former Mayor
Mike DeBonis of The Washington Post is reporting that Washington, DC will begin a three-day farewell ceremony in honor of former...
Mary J. Blige on The London Sessions: ‘I’ve Come a Very Long Way’
After 22 years in the music business, Mary J. Blige felt it was time to reinvent her musical identity. The “Queen...