The Burton Wire’s Top News Stories of 2013
As 2013 comes to a close, The Burton Wire brings you our top news stories from the African Diaspora in 2013....
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...
First Afro Latino Festival of New York Held in Brooklyn
On Saturday, June 29, 2013, the first Afro Latino Festival of New York: Listen to the Echo of the Drums in...
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...
Why is Education So Low on the Political Totem Pole?
OPINION
by
Rhonda J. Summey, Ed.D.
Joblessness, hopelessness and a lifetime dependency on the government—this is what Condoleezza Rice said would result if the...
Uganda: NewzBeat Raps News in Luganda and English
Amy Fallon of Inter Press Service is reporting the NewzBeat, a news segment that airs on Uganda's free-to air channel NTV,...
Breaking: Morehouse College Interim President Taggart Dies
Eric Sturgis of the Atlanta Journal Constitution is reporting Bill Taggart, Morehouse College's interim president, has died. Sturgis reports:
"The Fulton County...
Educating Black Kids: Obama's White House Initiative Offers Hope
OPINION
by
Dr. Rema Reynolds
During his speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), President Obama talked passionately about education. He stated, “No parent...
Nelson Rholihlahla Mandela: A 'Troublemaker' for Freedom
Nelson Rholihlahla Mandela, a man who committed most of his adult life to the pursuit of freedom for all South Africans...
South Africa: Black Girls Protest Discriminatory Hair Policies
AllAfrica.com is reporting black girls in Pretoria, South Africa are protesting rules about hair styles allowed at school, which they say...
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