US and Cuba to Start Talks to Normalize Relations
BBC News is reporting that the US and Cuba are to start talks to normalize diplomatic ties in a historic shift...
Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair Delivers
Ebony Magazine is undeniably one of African American culture’s most influential and immediately recognizable brands. For seven decades, the brainchild of...
Albuquerque Police Department: Is Brutality the Norm?
Conor Friedersdorf of The Atlantic is reporting that the Albuquerque Police Department is one of the most brutal police departments in...
Marion Barry: DC Begins Three-Day Farewell to Former Mayor
Mike DeBonis of The Washington Post is reporting that Washington, DC will begin a three-day farewell ceremony in honor of former...
Kenya: Amid al-Shabab Massacre, Security Chiefs Replaced
BBC Africa is reporting that Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has replaced his interior minister and police chief following a massacre by...
Grand Jury Decision on Eric Garner Death is Close
CBS News is reporting that the grand jury decision over the alleged choking death of Eric Garner by NYPD police officer...
Nigeria: Explosions Kill Dozens in Adamawa state
BBC News is reporting that at least 25 people are reported to have been killed in an explosion in north-eastern Nigeria's...
Emmett Till: Burial Casket Donated to Smithsonian
Writing for Smithsonian Magazine, Abby Callard is reporting that the family of murdered teen Emmett Till has donated the casket in...
Ferguson: Read Grand Jury Testimony Here
The Wall Street Journal has pulled together the grand jury documents regarding Officer Darren Wilson's killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown,...
Former DC Mayor Marion Barry Dies
Mike DeBonis and Martin Weil of The Washington Post are reporting that former Washington, DC Mayor and current D.C. Council member...