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...
Paulette Leaphart: Breast Cancer Survivor Begins Journey
Patrick Clarke of ABC News is reporting Paulette Leaphart, 49, is going to Washington, D.C. and she will make the entire...
Wellesley College Names First Af-Am President
Jeremy C. Fox of the Boston Globe is reporting Wellesley College has named Dr. Paula A. Johnson as the 14th president,...
Black Woman-Owned Comic Book Store Opens in Philly
Erika Hardison of the Huffington Post is reporting Ariell R. Johnson has opened what may be the first black woman-owned comic...
Girls Basketball Team Booted After Complaints Against Coach
Ross Kelly of CBS Sports is reporting members of a girls basketball team have been booted after making complaints against their...
Breast Cancer Awareness: Pinkwellchick Foundation Offers Comfort
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. You would have to be living under a rock to not be touched by...
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...
Kia Sidbury: WPBA’s Only Af-Am Woman Pool Player
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This weekend, Kia Sidbury, known as “Prime Time,” will compete in the New York State 9-ball Championship. She is the...
Jada Pinkett-Smith Talks Making Magic Mike XXL
Writing for The Root, the Burton Wire's founder & editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., interviews Jada Pinkett-Smith about the process of...
Women of Color Lead South Florida’s Film Future
The lack of film incentives in Florida sparked an exodus of film and television industry professionals to friendlier locales like Georgia...