Tyler Fyfe of Plaid Zebra magazine is reporting that Africans are using Twitter to fight what is called “media poverty porn” by Tweeting beautiful images of their real lives. “Media poverty porn” refers to ...
The curators at Empress Life have compiled a list of Afrofuturist Artists you should know. The author writes: “Afrofuturist art not only conveys the fantasies of the future, but it also seeks to connect people of the Diaspor...
The blogosphere is in a tizzy over the return of audience favorite Being Mary Jane, BET‘s breakout hit starring Gabrielle Union, Lisa Vidal, Aaron D. Spears, Margaret Avery, Richard Brooks, Raven Goodwin, Stephen Bishop, Lat...
Hilarie M. Sheets of the New York Times is reporting that Thelma Golden, the director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, has been awarded the 2016 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence by Bard College’s Cente...
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). Every nine seconds a woman is assaulted or beaten. On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, th...
Wanda Sykes is always about her business. The no-nonsense funnywoman just wrapped up her second season as a producer on NBC’s Last Comic Standing. The production company she co-founded, Push It Productions, is negotiating and deve...
Writing for The Root, The Burton Wire‘s editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., interviewed Emmy award-winning actress Regina King about her career trajectory and next role on Season 2 of HBO‘s ‘The Leftovers.&#...
Erica L. Green of The Baltimore Sun is reporting that a threat against the Charles Theater, screening Stanley Nelson’s critically-acclaimed documentary The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, caused the evacuation of...
Thomas Page of CNN Africa has compiled a list of five African food bloggers you should be following right now. From Ghana to Namibia, African food bloggers are making traditional recipes and bringing new, mouthwatering meals to yo...
NBA LEGEND MOSES MALONE DIES ESPN is reporting three-time NBA MVP and basketball legend Moses Malone died on Sunday in Norfolk, Va. ESPN.com reports: “The Virginia medical examiner’s office said Monday that Malone died...
