Writing for Courier Newsroom, The Burton Wire‘s founder & editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., discusses how Black women continue to have hope for democracy in the face of despair while living in an anti-Black and se...
Tonight audiences have the chance to meet the team behind The History of White People in America, the animated series that explores how skin color became race and how race came to shape the trajectory of American history. Now stre...
In case you’ve been living under a rock, Black folks made history at the 72nd Emmy Awards last night (9/20/20). Zendaya won the lead drama actress Emmy for her turn as Rue Bennett, a troubled, drug-addicted teen on HBO’s “Eu...
Allison Jean is a mother still in mourning. You can see it in her eyes and hear it in her voice. The CEO of a utility company in St. Lucia, Mrs. Jean presents herself as a consummate professional, eloquently making the case for wh...
As Election Day approaches there is an unusual hush over the nation. It is not the hush of productivity though; it is the hush of distraction. We as a community seem to have the attention span of a gnat. Unable to focus on what’s ...
On the heels of the death of civil rights lion Rev. C.T. Vivian, civil rights giant Congressman John Lewis has died after battling pancreatic cancer. Lewis’ death has been confirmed by friend and civil rights legend Ambassad...
The world is mourning the loss of two civil rights giants, Reverend C.T. Vivian and Congressman John Lewis. Reverend C.T. Vivian, a Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, was a leader in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference...
As Americans recover from celebrating Fourth of July weekend, the World Channel is debuting The History of White People in America, an animated series exploring how race became king in America and shaped the country’s histor...
Politico‘s Matthew Choi is reporting Rep. Ilhan Omar’s father Nur Omar Mohamed has died from COVID-19. The Minnesota Congressman was raised by her father and grandfather after Omar’s mother died when she was an i...
You may recall two weeks ago, using the social media platform Twitter, a student asked former president Barack Obama to deliver a virtual 2020 Commencement address for all 2020 graduates due to cancellations because of the Coronav...
