Charleston SC: Nine Murdered at Historic Black Church
A white man walked into Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, a historic African-American church in Charleston, and opened fire during a Bible study class,...
DR: Haitian Legalization Deadline Has Passed; Now What?
Tensions are high in the Dominican Republic, and communities around the world are watching. The deadline for Dominicans of Haitian descent to produce paperwork...
Haitian Human Rights Trampled on By Many Countries
The Dominican diaspora is responding to the news that the Dominican Republic (DR) is deporting Haitians born in the DR by protesting against the...
Ivy Taylor: San Antonio Elects First Black Mayor
Nigel Roberts of The Root is reporting the city of San Antonio, TX has elected Ivy Taylor as its first African American mayor. Taylor...
Dominican Republic: Deporting Dominicans with Haitian Parents?
The Nation is reporting that the Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic has summarily "stripped" Dominicans born to Haitian parents of their citizenship. Some...
YMCA Launches National Water Safety Program
The YMCA has launched the National Water Safety Program in an effort to curtail the unnecessary deaths of youth caused by drowning.
The initiative was...
Danielle Brooks: ‘OITNB’ Star Heads to Broadway
Variety is reporting that Danielle Brooks, best known for her role as Taystee in Orange is the New Black (OITNB), will be making her Broadway debut...
ODBA Celebrates 75 Years as Equal Justice Advocates
Old Dominion Bar Association (ODBA), the oldest statewide predominantly African-American bar association in the nation, will celebrate its 75th anniversary May 28-31, 2015, in...
Nsenga Burton Talks Baltimore on CCTV
Speaking with CCTV America's Mike Walter, The Burton Wire's founder & editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. discusses the uprisings in Baltimore and the socio-economic...
St. Louis: 20 Black Women’s Babies Stolen in Adoption Ring?
NBC News is reporting that twenty black women are at the center of what appears to be a baby stealing adoption scheme alleged to...
