Remembering Stuart Hall: Scholarship Underscored Black Experience
Google search for 'Stuart' and it's interesting what appears. Stuart Weitzman, Stuart, Florida, Stuart Little -- even a nod to the...
Hunger Games Star Speaks On Cultural Appropriation
NBC is reporting that Amandla Stenberg, best known for her role as "Rue" in The Hunger Games, has been the cause...
Renisha McBride: Killer Sentenced to 17 Years
Ed White of The Huffington Post is reporting that Theodore Wafer, the man convicted of shooting unarmed teen Renisha McBride in...
Zurbano Demoted After Op-Ed on Discrimination Against Black Cubans?
The Root is reporting that Roberto Zurbano, a top editor at Cuban publishing house Casa de las Americas has been demoted...
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...
Richie Havens: Folk Singer Dies at 72
Tom Cole of NPR's blog The Record is reporting that folk singer Richie Havens has died of a heart attack today...
Senate Rejects Debo Adegbile for Top Civil Rights Post
Wesley Lowery and Ed O'Keefe of the Washington Post are reporting that President Barack Obama's pick to head the Justice Department's...
Funny or Die: The Black Bachelor
Check out Funny or Die's 'The Black Bachelor video', which we think is hilarious. Starring Terrell Owens, Tatyana Ali and Jay...
Kanye and Kimmel Feud: What's Race Got to Do With It?
Kanye West is in the news again -- this time due to a feud with comedian and late night talk show...
Bananas Hurled at Italy's First Black Minister of Integration
CNN.com is reporting that bananas were thrown at Cecile Kyenge, Italy's first black minister of integration. Holly Yan, Lauren Russell and...