The Washington Post is reporting that United States President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest commendation for combat valor, to a group of servicemen who were overlooked based on discrimination. Th...
Angelique Kidjo recently released her memoir, Spirit Rising, followed by her 13th album, Eve, simultaneously. Both projects are platforms for the Grammy-winning world music artist to continue her knacks for multitasking and humani...
In a feature story for BBC News, Maddy Savage chronicles the friendship of Kenyan Olympic skier Philip Boit and Norwegian skiing icon Bjorn Daehlie. The unlikely friendship began between then-newcomer Boit and Olympic skiing icon ...
The Voice (UK) is reporting that the 2014 Miss France Flora Coquerel, 19, has been receiving racist threats via social media platforms. Rakesha Hudson writes: “According to French media organisations TF1, Gala, and Le Télégr...
This year marks the 40th anniversary of drummer Billy Cobham’s debut LP, Spectrum. Originally released in October 1973 on Atlantic Records, Spectrum – with its pixelated multicolored cover art – is Cobham’s 10-track gr...
This year marks the 40th anniversary of drummer Billy Cobham’s debut LP, Spectrum. Originally released in October 1973 on Atlantic Records, Spectrum – with its pixelated multicolored cover art – is Cobham’s 10-track gr...
“Let’s go!” barks Boris Kodjoe as he leads his entourage to a backstage service elevator of the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, home of the 2013 BET / Centric Soul Train Music Awards. The star-studded show just fini...
Writing for The Root, Breanna Edwards writes that France’s Justice Minister Christiane Taubira has been subjected to a slew of racist slurs and insults in recent weeks. Edwards writes: “It’s the third time in about a m...
Writing for The Root, Breanna Edwards writes that France’s Justice Minister Christiane Taubira has been subjected to a slew of racist slurs and insults in recent weeks. Edwards writes: “It’s the third time in about a m...
Indian Country Today Media Network is reporting that many people are finding alternatives to celebrating what has increasingly become a controversial holiday in the United States – Columbus Day. The author writes: “Sou...