Caribbean 360 is reporting former Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is calling for a national response to the number of women murdered by domestic partners in the country. In a statement released by the o...
Writing for Time.com, Noah Rayman reports on the many ways mothers throughout the world celebrate Mothers Day. Lets check out a few: China While relatively new to the country, the imported holiday of Mother’s Day aligned with trad...
As I celebrate my 3rd Mothers Day, I must thank the woman who started it all. Like many of you, my Mom is my first best friend and the person whom I most love and admire. She is an excellent role model and the mother I aspire to b...
‘AFROPOP’ OPENS WITH ‘BLACK PANTHER WOMAN’ ON MLK DAY The 10th anniversary season of the documentary series AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange opens with Rachel Perkins’ Black Panther Woman, a look back at the Black Panther ...
On October 27, Tiffany Martinez, an aspiring professor posted “Academia, Love Me Back,” to her blog, as a response to the wave of emotions she felt when a professor circled “hence” on her paper and wrote “this is not your word....
Caribbean 360 is reporting Bahamanian voters voted against a Constitutional amendment, which would have updated Article 26 and made it unconstitutional for Parliament to pass any laws that discriminate based on gender. Three othe...
Patrick Clarke of ABC News is reporting Paulette Leaphart, 49, is going to Washington, D.C. and she will make the entire 1,000-mile journey on foot. Clarke writes: “She will walk from Biloxi, Mississippi, tomorrow completely...
Jeremy C. Fox of the Boston Globe is reporting Wellesley College has named Dr. Paula A. Johnson as the 14th president, making her the first African-American chosen for the coveted post. Johnson, who is a Harvard Medical School Pro...
Erika Hardison of the Huffington Post is reporting Ariell R. Johnson has opened what may be the first black woman-owned comic book store in the country. The Temple University alum opened Amalglam Comics and Coffehouse after realiz...
Ross Kelly of CBS Sports is reporting members of a girls basketball team have been booted after making complaints against their coach who they said was too “touchy feely.” Kelly writes: “Seven girls from a high s...
