South Africa: Largest Trade Union in Platinum Sector on Strike
BBC News Africa is reporting that members of the Association of Miners and Construction Trade Union (AMCU) are on strike. AMCU, which is the...
Africa: CAR Appoints Catherine Samba-Panza Interim President
AlJazeera is reporting that the Central African Republic (CAR) has appointed the mayor of Bangui Catherine Samba-Panza to be interim president, as the European...
Africa: Kenyan Author Binyavanga Wainaina Comes Out
Tristan McConnell of Globalpost.com is reporting that Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina has come out as a gay man amid the increasing anti-gay legislation (Uganda...
Black Florida GOP House Candidate Calls for Obama to be Hanged
Stephen A. Crockett of The Root is reporting that on the national day of reflection for Martin Luther King's birthday, an African-American Republican candidate...
MLK Day: Find A Community Service Event Near You
Today marks the day where many honor and celebrate the legacy of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Nobel Peace Prize...
2014 SAG Awards: Lupita Nyong’o Wins Best Actress Award
Jevon Phillips of the Los Angeles Times is reporting that Lupita Nyong'o won the Screen Actors Guild award for female actor in a supporting...
Uganda President Refuses to Sign Anti-Gay Law? Says Gays Are ‘Sick’
Faith Karimi of CNN International is reporting that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has refused to sign a bill that would punish certain homosexual acts...
Lions Facing Extinction in West Africa
BBC News Africa is reporting that the lion in Africa is critically endangered. A new survey states that there has been a "catastrophic collapse"...
Wayne Wallace: ‘Your Art Should Go Hand-in-Hand With Your Social Consciousness’
Wayne Wallace is an acclaimed Afro-Latin jazz musician and eloquent public intellectual. This academic year, the multi-faceted, 61-year-old trombonist became a jazz professor at Indiana...
Shonda Rhimes to Receive 2014 Television Showmanship Award
Creativecow.net is reporting that Shonda Rhimes will receive yet another accolade in what is turning out to be a charmed career in television. The...
