Is Gay ‘The New Black?’ Award-Winning Filmmaker Yoruba Richen Answers
Yoruba Richen is the delightful, thought-provoking director, producer and writer behind the critically acclaimed documentary, 'The New Black.' Her 75-minute intimate...
BREAKING: Egypt’s Prime Minister and Cabinet Resign
Reporting for The Guardian in Cairo, Patrick Kingsley says that Egypt's Prime Minister and cabinet have resigned. Egypt's prime minister, Hazem el-Beblawi,...
Cuban Americans Hold Meetings to Discuss Improving Cuban Relations
David Adams of Reuters is reporting that Cuban Americans met in Miami on Saturday to discuss how to normalize relations with...
Battle of the Billionaires: Suitors Emerge to Buy Embattled LA Clippers
The bidding war has begun. Apparently, Donald Sterling’s estranged wife has been quite busy. She allegedly met with billionaire Antony Ressler...
PolicyLink CEO Angela Glover Blackwell: ‘Organizing Matters’
Angela Glover Blackwell is attentive the entire time at this year’s Georgia Budget & Policy Institute (GBPI) conference. As she peers...
The Akosua Report: Charles Cole Diggs, Jr.
''Until Muhammad Ali came along, Diggs was the most popular American in Africa.'' Representative John Conyers (D-MI) said that Mr. Diggs...
The Burton Wire’s Christopher A. Daniel Featured on HuffPost Live
The Burton Wire's Deputy Editor Christopher A. Daniel recently had the opportunity to chat with talk show host/activist Tavis Smiley on HUFFPost...
Nelson George: ‘Funk is the Link Between Soul and Hip-Hop’
Black pop culture curator Nelson George screened his upcoming VH1 Rock Doc, Finding The Funk, on opening night of Atlanta’s BronzeLens...
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,...
'The Central Park Five' Examines Race and Social Injustice
Meet Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Korey Wise, Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana, Jr. Like Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin and the Jena...