Africa: 55 Billionaires and Counting
Pan African Magazine is reporting that Africa has 55 billionaires worth more than $143 billion including a Nigerian woman said to...
Namibia: Reactions to Ban on Mini-Skirts
written by Kaitlin HigginsÂ
Margreth Nunuhe of New Era is reporting that, in Namibia, women will soon be arrested for wearing skirts...
Meet the Sheltons: Couple Helped to Desegregate Atlanta's Restaurants
In 1963, America’s Deep South was a hotbed for hopelessness as a result of racial tension.
In Birmingham, AL, blacks striving for...
Akosua Report: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Burton Wire is proud to announce the addition of The Akosua Report: Facts on The African Diaspora, written by Akosua...
Charles Orgbon III: Teen Environmentalist & Entrepreneur Pays It Forward
Many social activists and critics of the past believe young people of color in this generation have no motivation to create...
Nicholas Kristof on ‘Half the Sky,’ Impact of Women on Development
As a storyteller—in his journalism as well as in his books—it would be unfitting if Nicholas Kristof, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New...
Blue-Eyed Soul: Madonna’s ‘MDNA’ Highest-Grossing Tour of 2012
by Christopher A. Daniel
It’s Oct. 6, 1982. An unknown singer, Madonna, releases her uptempo debut single, "Everybody."  The track is funky...
Romney's Latest Gaffe Is No Knock Out Punch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnB0NZzl5HA&feature=youtu.be
OPINION
by
Devona Walker
Many say Mitt Romney lost his bid for the White House yesterday, but I am not too sure.
A videotape was...
Africa: New Chief of UN Women Says Girls Education Will Help End Poverty
AllAfrica.com is reporting that Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the new Executive Director of the UN Entity for Gender Equity and the Empowerment of...
2013 Oscars: Denzel Washington and Quvenzhane Wallis Nominated
Quvenzhane Wallis is the youngest nominee in the category of Best Actress in the history of the Academy Awards.
Todd Leopold of...
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