U.S. News & World Report Ranks Spelman College Top HBCU
U.S. News & World Report has released its annual rankings of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Spelman College topped the list...
Rachel Jeantel Graduates: ‘I Did It. I Never Quit.’
Can you say resiliency? Rachel Jeantel, 20, a key witness in the George Zimmerman trial for the murder of unarmed teen...
Harvard: Hoax Leads to Four Black Students Being ‘Swatted’ by Police
The Harvard Crimson is reporting four Black students were the victim of a police "swatting" after a hoax gone horribly wrong....
Brazil Uses Text Messaging to Reach Job Seekers
Ozy.com is reporting that text messaging is becoming an option for job seekers in places where expensive cell data plans and...
Prince: Sign 'O' The Times 25 Years Later
The year 1987 was somewhat an evolution for two of pop music’s most influential acts. In August, Michael Jackson released Bad,...
NewsOne: The Burton Wire Named to 2014 Top 15 Most Share-Worthy Black Blogs List
The Burton Wire is excited to report that TV One's NewsOne has named The Burton Wire as one of the top...
Demands for Justice in Ruling of Kendrick Johnson’s Death
Lydia Jennings of WALB News is reporting that the death of Kendrick Johnson, a Georgia teen who was found dead in...
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...
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...
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...
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