In honor of Mother’s Day, check out a new track and video by trailblazing performers Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu. The Burton Wire dedicates this song to all of the queens (mothers) out there raising children against...
In a boost for United States women’s tennis, Venus Williams clinched the Fed Cup World Group Playoff against Sweden by defeating Johanna Larsson 6-3, 7-5 in Delray Beach, Florida on Sunday, April 21. By winning her match, the elde...
Daniel Estrin of PRI’s The World is reporting that during President Obama’s visit to Israel, the United States’ first black president met Yityish ‘Titi’ Aynaw, Israel’s first black Miss Israel a...
At first glance, Lianne La Havas’ Instagram and website show photos of her audience. Even more impressive, after her shows, she takes pride in taking time to interact with the very same people. To the 23-year-old Greco-Jamai...
At first glance, Lianne La Havas’ Instagram and website show photos of her audience. Even more impressive, after her shows, she takes pride in taking time to interact with the very same people. To the 23-year-old Greco-Jamai...
(Not Safe For Work- profanity) StereoTypes host Ryan Hall hits the streets of Paris to find out what it’s like to be black in Paris. He finds out a lot more than that in the process. Check out this video to see how people fe...
Serena Williams, the newly anointed No. 1 player, recently took part in the BNP Paribas Showdown in New York to celebrate tennis during the inaugural World Tennis Day, defeating No. 2 Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 6-3 at Madison Square G...
Writing for Forbes.com, contributor Mfonobong Nsehe pulled together a list of 30 African entrepreneurs under the age of 30. Nsehe enlisted a panel of 12 judges from across Africa to help identify this group of outstanding entrepre...
Writing for Forbes.com, contributor Mfonobong Nsehe pulled together a list of 30 African entrepreneurs under the age of 30. Nsehe enlisted a panel of 12 judges from across Africa to help identify this group of outstanding entrepre...
Writing for The Root, The Burton Wire‘s Editor-in-Chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. examines the phenomena of policing women’s bodies through dress codes across the globe. (The Root) — With all that is going on in th...