The 2021 presidential inauguration was historic in many ways, one of which the inauguration of Kamala Harris, the nation’s first Black, South Asian and woman Vice-President in the history of our young democracy. Jala Moore, ...
The internet is ablaze with news stories about Wednesday’s (1/6/21) failed coup attempt by President Trump and his loyalists to overturn the U.S. Presidential election by breaching the federal Capitol building by force. The ...
The Burton Wire‘s Nsenga Burton, Ph.D. appeared on the Dr. Phil Show to discuss the, “Karen Phenomenon.” Karen is a term used to describe a behavior, usually practiced by a white woman, perceived as entitled or d...
Day three of the 2020 Democratic National Convention did not disappoint. Senator Kamala Harris made history by accepting her formal nomination for Vice-President on the Democratic ticket, becoming the first Black woman and person ...
Writing for Courier Newsroom, The Burton Wire‘s founder & editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. discusses the importance of writing the work of Black Women Suffragists into the dominant narrative of Women’s Suffr...
Tutwiler, a new documentary short directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon (Heroin(e), Recovery Boys) and reported and produced by The Marshall Project’s Alysia Santo, offers an unforgettable window i...
BBC Africa’s documentary, Sex For Grades: Undercover Inside Nigerian and Ghanaian Universities, exposes the culture of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse that exists in the university system. More than 2 million peopl...
Gender based violence is rampant in South Africa and has been described as a national crisis by some. Rape survivor Norma Ka Mbele shares her story amid protests against sexual violence happening in South Africa, which has one of ...
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 wit...
