Jamaican Myrie Requests Compensation for Detainment in Barbados
Caribbean 360 is reporting that Jamaican national Shanique Myrie, 25, and her lawyers are demanding substantial compensation for Myrie's treatment at Grantley Adams International...
U.S.: Celebrating Black Love Gentleman’s Ball Style
by Christopher A. Daniel
Black love and relationships have been strictly heterosexual in society and pop culture. With the Patrik-Ian Polk-developed Logo dramedy Noah's Arc,...
U.S.: Angie Martinez Leaves Hot 97
The blogosphere is lit up over reports that legendary Hip-Hop DJ Angie Martinez, 'The Voice of New York," has resigned from Hip-Hop station Hot...
Pregnant Ethiopian Olympian Dies; Baby is Saved
MSN.com is reporting that Ethiopian Olympic runner Meskerem Legesse of Wesport, Conn. has died after collapsing in a restaurant. The former 2004 Olympian and...
Melinda Gates On the Importance of International Women's Day
In a special contribution to CNN, and in collaboration with the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill &...
How to Fast for Ramadan When You Medically Aren’t Supposed to Fast
Writing for Aquila Style Magazine, Fatimah Jackson-Best discusses the challenges of fasting during Ramadan when you can't fast due to health conditions like diabetes,...
Liberia: Prosecutors Want Taylor Prison Term Lengthened
AllAfrica.com is reporting that prosecutors at the ongoing appeal hearing of ex-president Charles Taylor have asked judges of the UN backed Special Court for...
'Banshee': Multicultural Cast Shares Thoughts on Race in America
Banshee doesn’t sound like much on the surface. It’s an hour-long Friday night series that chronicles an ex-con Lucas Hood (Antony Starr) who relocates...
Morehouse School of Medicine Names First Woman President
Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) has announced that Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice will become the medical school's sixth president and first woman president in...
Oscar Pistorius Sentenced to Five Years for Steenkamp Homicide
The BBC is reporting that Judge Thokozile Masipa has sentenced legendary paralympian Oscar Pistorius to serve five years in jail for the homicide of...
