Tech Racism?: App to Avoid Black Neighborhoods Launches Today
Writing for ValleyWag, Sam Biddle reports that yet another app to avoid black and brown neighborhoods is launching today.
SketchFactor, an app...
Akosua Report: Benedict Wallet Vilakazi
'Bury me where the grasses grow
Below the weeping willow trees
To let their branches shed upon me
Leaves of varied greens.
Then, as I...
BREAKING: Officer Found Not Guilty in Freddie Gray Death
CBS Local (Baltimore) is reporting arresting officer Edward Nero has been found not guilty
on all counts by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge...
AAFCA: Gil Robertson Talks Black Films and Awards
Awards season brings the hopes and dreams of filmmakers, actors and others in the entertainment industry to the foreground, with acknowledgement...
What’s in Deon Cole’s Black Box?
Deon Cole is television’s latest definitive jokester. The veteran stand-up comedian, writer and television producer hosts his weekly half hour original...
Curacao Party Leader Assassinated
Caribbean 360 is reporting that the leader of the largest political party in Curacao's coalition government was shot dead late Sunday...
U.S. Meets with Cuba on Ebola Crisis
BBC News is reporting that two health officials from the United States have joined other experts at an Ebola conference in...
Black Businesses Resuscitating Detroit’s Resurgence
Kate Abbey-Lambertz of the Huffington Post is reporting that black owned businesses are quietly helping Detroit's economic recovery, but getting little...
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...
Ryan Coogler: 'Fruitvale Station' Director Talks Filmmaking and Oscar Grant
Ryan Coogler is the writer/filmmaker responsible for the tear-jerking independent feature, Fruitvale Station. The 27-year-old Oakland native with a serious Bay...
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