Cops Forcibly Search Black Woman’s Vagina Over Weed?
Madeleine Davies of Jezebel.com is reporting Charnesia Corley, a 21-year-old black woman from Houston, Texas, was pulled over by a police officer in June...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Happy Father's Day: Angie Stone's 'Brotha'
In celebration of Father's Day, The Burton Wire (TBW) is sending love to all of the fathers, grandfathers, father figures, uncles, brothers and sons...
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...
