African Journalists Under Siege in 2013
Writing for African Arguments, Adam Green examines the growing number of journalists, bloggers or media owners jailed for challenging the government. Green recounts laws...
EXCLUSIVE: The Robert Glasper Experiment Talks ‘Black Radio 2’
Meet this generation’s dopest fusion band, The Robert Glasper Experiment (RGE). The multi-talented quartet’s current lineup consists of keyboardist Glasper, bassist Derrick Hodge, saxophonist/vocoder...
EXCLUSIVE: The Robert Glasper Experiment Talks 'Black Radio 2'
Meet this generation’s dopest fusion band, The Robert Glasper Experiment (RGE). The multi-talented quartet’s current lineup consists of keyboardist Glasper, bassist Derrick Hodge, saxophonist/vocoder...
Yolanda Adams: Gospel Artists Do More for Community Than Sing
There is a myth that black gospel artists spread their inspirational messages strictly from behind the podium or as musicians. The performers, however, believe...
Akosua Report: Senator Edward W. Brooke
“There was no hesitation or ill will that I could see,” Brooke recollected of this positive reception by his Senate colleagues. “Yet these were...
Kendrick Johnson: New Footage Released in the Case
CNN's Victor Blackwell is reporting that new surveillance video released Wednesday in the case of Kendrick Johnson, a Georgia teen found dead inside a...
Study Shows African Americans are Biggest Users of Online Job Search
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- African Americans are more likely than the public at large to use the Internet to look for a...
Kenyan Runners Sweep 2013 NYC Marathon
After a one year hiatus due to security concerns and conditions caused by Hurricane Sandy, the 2013 New York City marathon returned with Kenyan...
Best Man Holiday Reunion: Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long and Morris Chesnut
Writing for The Root, the Burton Wire's founder & editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., sat down and chatted with members of cast of The...
Jill Scott to Star in James Brown Biopic
Blackfilm.com is reporting that Grammy award-winning R&B singer and actress Jill Scott will be starring in a biopic about James Brown, the Godfather of...
