The 2012 Democratic National Convention has officially kicked-off. Delegates, politicians, celebrities, professionals, local and international journalists and of course Charlotteans have descended on Uptown Charlotte, creating a b...
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that actor Michael Clarke Duncan has died. Duncan passed away at Cedars-Sinai Hospital Monday following complications from a heart attack in July in which his girlfriend, reality star Omorosa Man...
NBC New York is reporting that U.S. President Barack Obama is heading to Louisiana today to visit the region after Tropical Storm Isaac hit, leaving more than 160,000 people without power. Thousands of people also had to be evacua...
OPINION by M.E. Bronson In the wake of the record turnout in 2008 by traditionally Democratic voters, Republican-led state legislatures made election reform one of their highest priorities. In swing states, the reform included a s...
CNN International is reporting that Brazilian runner Alan Fonteles Cardaso Oliveira defeated South African “Blade runner” Oscar Pistorius at the 2012 Paralympics. You may recall that Pistorius was the first double-ampu...
Charles Molele of Mail & Guardian is reporting that Jimmy Manyi’s tenure as South Africa’s Government Spokesperson has come to an end. Manyi filled the entire term of his three-year contract and the ministry announ...
Charles Molele of Mail & Guardian is reporting that Jimmy Manyi’s tenure as South Africa’s Government Spokesperson has come to an end. Manyi filled the entire term of his three-year contract and the ministry announ...
CNN is reporting that residents of the Gulf Coast are preparing for the arrival of Tropical Storm Isaac on the anniversary of the arrival of Hurricane Katrina, which decimated the area in 2005. Although Tropical Storm Isaac is sup...
Nsenga K. Burton (Editor-in-Chief of TheBurtonWire.com), editor-at-large for TheRoot.com, had the opportunity to chat with Nassali Kiggundu, Fashion Fair Cosmetics’ new face for their first mineral line, “True Finish.&...
Nsenga K. Burton (Editor-in-Chief of TheBurtonWire.com), editor-at-large for TheRoot.com, had the opportunity to chat with Nassali Kiggundu, Fashion Fair Cosmetics’ new face for their first mineral line, “True Finish.&...