STEM: The White House’s Dr. John P. Holdren Visits Spelman’s Spelbots
President Obama’s Science and Technology Advisor, Dr. John P. Holdren, gets excited anytime he interacts with youth from underrepresented populations that are passionate about...
DJ D-Nice: CQ Made 2020 Election Season & COVID Bearable
As we move into the Holiday season and stare down the Georgia Senate run-off that will hopefully keep the normally red state blue, it's...
Spelman College: 11th Annual Women of Color Conference
Spelman College recently hosted its 11th annual Women of Color Conference (WOCC), themed “New School Leaders in the Digital Era,” at the Georgia International...
Morehouse School of Medicine Names First Woman President
Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) has announced that Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice will become the medical school's sixth president and first woman president in...
NAAAOM Files $10B Lawsuit Against AT&T and DirectTV
The National Association of African American Owned Media (NAAAOM) has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against AT&T and DirecTV for race discrimination in violation...
Rwanda Highlighted in Tech Best Practices Broadband Report
Caribbean News Now is reporting that The Broadband Commission for Digital Development has issued a report looking at several aspects of broadband and its...
'Searching for Shaniqua': Documentary Asks What's in a Black Name?
Writing for The Root, The Burton Wire's founder & editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. interviewed filmmaker Phill Branch about his upcoming documentary 'Searching for...
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 designed to help...
Barbados: Govt Introducing Renewable Energy Legislation
Caribbean 360 is reporting that the Barbados government will soon introduce legislation to facilitate renewable energy generation on the island. The author writes:
“We expect,...
2017 NAB Show: Explores the Intersection of Media, Tech & Entertainment
The lights on the infamous Las Vegas strip were not all that shone brightly last week. In addition to serving as an advocacy group...
