African Diaspora: New Year’s Eve Traditions
In a photo gallery, Chantal Martineau of the Huffington Post shares different New Year's Eve traditions that occur throughout the African Diaspora. Martineau highlights...
‘Say Her Name’: Sandra Bland Doc Debuts Tonight on HBO
Writing for The Guardian, Jamiles Lartey discusses the documentary, "Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland," which premieres tonight at 10...
Rania Yousseff: Egyptian Actress Faces 5 Years in Prison for Revealing Dress
Zaynab of Hot New Hip-Hop is reporting Egyptian actress Rania Yousseff is facing five years in prison for wearing a revealing dress on the...
Libya: Rescued Migrants Refuse to Leave Ship; Would Rather Die
Reporting for Reuters, Ahmed Elumami and Aidan Lewis, migrants on a ship intercepted by Libya are refusing to disembark citing human rights abuses. The...
Stacey Abrams Lost Her Battle But ‘Tantrum’ Will Help Win the War
Voter suppression is real. Writing for The Daily Beast, The Burton Wire's founder & editor-in-chief examines how Stacey Abrams' refusal to bow to the...
Israel: African Migrants Pay Cut by 20 Percent by Govt
Caron Creighton of AP News is reporting Israel has passed a law cutting the pay of African Migrants by 20 percent. The money is...
‘Hope & Fury’ Doc Captures MLK as Media Icon
Six decades before social media and viral videos projected the unjust killings of African-Americans often by brutal police force, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr....
Marielle Franco: U.N. Calls for Investigation into Assassination
Philip Reeves of National Public Radio (NPR) is reporting the U.N. is calling for an investigation into the assassination of Brazilian activist Marielle Franco....
Bahamas: Fyre Festival Promoter Pleads Guilty
Caribbean 360 is reporting Fyre Festival promoter Billy McFarland plead guilty to fraud, admitting in a Manhattan (NYC) court he had falsified documents, defrauded...
Nigeria: Kidnapped US and Canadian Citizens Released
BBC Africa is reporting two American and two Canadian citizens kidnapped Wednesday, January 17 have been released by their captors. The author writes:
"The group,...
