Rwanda: First-Ever Reality Show ‘Zamuka’ Models Entrepreneurism
Search for Common Ground (SFGC),an international NGO, is hoping to inspire and launch a new generation of young entrepreneurs with Zamuka – the first...
Black Filmmakers That Changed the Game
Writing for The Root, The Burton Wire's editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton highlights black filmmakers that changed the game for blacks in the Hollywood film...
Akosua Report: Journalist Claude Barnett
Claude Barnett was born on September 16, 1889. He was an African American journalist and entrepreneur who is often regarded as the father of...
African American Families: Balancing Business and Family
On a summer evening, Karen Tappin pulls up to collect her 6-year old daughter from a full day of African, tap, ballet, and hip-hop...
Shanique Myrie: Barbados' Treatment of CARICOM National a National Disgrace
In an era of social media and instant news, the case involving CARICOM national Shanique Myrie represents a major blow to Barbados and its...
Kidpreneurs: 13-Year-Old Runs Successful Bow Tie Business
Nekala Alexander of Atlanta Black Star is reporting Moziah Bridges, 13, has built a successful business which has produced $200,000 in sales with his...
Yolanda Adams: Gospel Artists Do More for Community Than Sing
There is a myth that black gospel artists spread their inspirational messages strictly from behind the podium or as musicians. The performers, however, believe...
America, You're Killing Me: Media Coverage Must Improve
written by Devona Walker
While CNN ran 24-hour coverage of the “Bags of Poop” boat stuck in the ocean, MSNBC obsessed over Marco Rubio’s unquenchable...
Holiday Gifts That Give Back
Writing for The Root, TheBurtonWire.com's Editor-in-Chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. offers some examples of six groups that are working to make products that help...
Dr. Dre: ‘The Chronic’ 20 Years Later
By the early 1990s, hip hop was on a roll with heavy MTV rotation, modest Billboard chart success, prime time sitcoms, product placement ads...
