Writing for ProPublica, Akilah Johnson and Talia Buford shine light on early data that shows black people are contracting and dying from COVID-19 at an alarming rate. They explore the rate of infection and death in cities like Mil...
To wear or not to wear? After months of going back and forth over whether people should be wearing face masks to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus, the powers that be have settled on the recommendation that people wear face m...
Writing for Black Press USA, The Burton Wire founder & editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., offers readers some insight on what to do while at home during the coronavirus pandemic. Read an excerpt below: Covid-19, Coronavi...
SCAD aTVfest, Atlanta’s only festival dedicated to television kicks-off today and is now in its eighth year. It is Savannah College of Art & Design’s annual signature event celebrating the television industry which is held an...
The blogosphere is reporting famed actress, singer and dancer Paula Kelly has died. Kelly was a staple in television and film during the 1970s and 1980s. The celebrated actress starred as Dahomey Queen in Ivan Dixon’s semina...
UPDATE: It is now being reported that five people died in the helicopter crash that claimed NBA legend Kobe Bryant’s life. One of the victims is his 13-year-old daughter Gianna a.k.a. Gigi Bryant. TMZ and Variety are ...
The Twitterverse is in an uproar over the disqualification of Nigerian film ‘Lionheart’ from Oscar consideration because it is in English, which is the official language of Nigeria. Nigeria submitted its first-ever Osc...
Atlanta, GA – Artist Shanequa Gay’s immersive, site-specific exhibition LIT WITHOUT SHERMAN celebrates Atlanta’s historic West End neighborhood. Integrating a mix of mediums, the exhibit includes murals painted onto the muse...
The world is still mourning the loss of Nobel Laureate and Princeton University professor Toni Morrison, who died August 6, 2019 at age 88. There has been a proliferation of remembrances and odes to the late lion of literature. In...
In Don’t Let Go, detective Jack Radcliff (David Oyelowo) gets a shocking phone call from his recently-murdered niece Ashley (Storm Reid). Working together across time, they race to solve her murder before it can happen. Friday, ...
