Venus Williams Clinches Fed Cup Win for USA
In a boost for United States women’s tennis, Venus Williams clinched the Fed Cup World Group Playoff against Sweden by defeating Johanna Larsson 6-3,...
HBCUs: Blacks in Technology Convening at Stanford
NPR is reporting that representatives from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are meeting this week to talk about African Americans in the tech...
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...
Renisha McBride: Killer Sentenced to 17 Years
Ed White of The Huffington Post is reporting that Theodore Wafer, the man convicted of shooting unarmed teen Renisha McBride in the face through...
Bahamas: Voters Say No to Gender Equality Laws
Caribbean 360 is reporting Bahamanian voters voted against a Constitutional amendment, which would have updated Article 26 and made it unconstitutional for Parliament to...
Bananas Hurled at Italy's First Black Minister of Integration
CNN.com is reporting that bananas were thrown at Cecile Kyenge, Italy's first black minister of integration. Holly Yan, Lauren Russell and Boriana Milanova of...
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...
California Female Inmates Illegally Sterilized
Numerous media outlets in the United States are reporting that 150 California female inmates were sterilized illegally between 2006 and 2010 without state approval....
Nigeria: Finance Minister's Mother Okonjo Released
AllAfrica.com is reporting that the mother of Nigeria's finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been released. Professor Kamene Okonjo, 83, was abducted on Sunday by...
AfroPunk: Jean Grae Continues The Story of the Assassin
Writing for AfroPunk, Niesha Miller chronicles hip-hop artist Jean Grae's latest project "Gotham Down: cycle 1: Love in Infinity (Lo-Fi)." The six-track EP follows...
