Justine Sacco Fired: AIDS is No Laughing Matter
Justine Sacco, the PR executive whose hateful and hurtful Tweet about AIDS in Africa that went viral on the Internet has been fired. In...
March on Washington 50th Anniversary: Digital Marches an Option
The 50th anniversary of the iconic and game-changing March on Washington is here and people around the world are finding ways to commemorate this...
Africa: Kenyan Author Binyavanga Wainaina Comes Out
Tristan McConnell of Globalpost.com is reporting that Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina has come out as a gay man amid the increasing anti-gay legislation (Uganda...
Policing Women’s Garb From L.A. to Namibia
Writing for The Root, The Burton Wire's Editor-in-Chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. examines the phenomena of policing women's bodies through dress codes across the...
ABFF 2013: ‘The Best Man’ Stars Reunite for Sequel
As if the Miami Heat clinching the NBA Championship weren't enough to make this a hot weekend, then the 17th Annual American Black Film...
‘Mistresses’ and ‘Devious Maids’: Is There Hypocrisy in TV Democracy?
ABC's show 'Mistresses' has been criticized for celebrating mistresses, known in many married circles as home wrecking harlots. Based on the BBC's hit show...
Africa: New Chief of UN Women Says Girls Education Will Help End Poverty
AllAfrica.com is reporting that Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the new Executive Director of the UN Entity for Gender Equity and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)...
ABFF 2013: 'The Best Man' Stars Reunite for Sequel
As if the Miami Heat clinching the NBA Championship weren't enough to make this a hot weekend, then the 17th Annual American Black Film...
OITNB: Why Are We Mad at Hough When ‘Farina’ is Making a Comeback?
The blogosphere is still reeling over Dancing with the Stars dancer Julianne Hough's poor taste in Halloween attire this year. In case you've been...
Policing Women's Garb From L.A. to Namibia
Writing for The Root, The Burton Wire's Editor-in-Chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. examines the phenomena of policing women's bodies through dress codes across the...
