Breaking News: Warlord Bosco Ntaganda Surrenders to American Embassy
Jeffrey Gettleman of The New York Times is reporting that Bosco Ntaganda, a Congolese rebel general accused of massacring civilians and...
Ed Gordon: Groundbreaking Journalist Talks New Show and Career Advice
Ed Gordon has masterfully held down the type of career in broadcast journalism that many journalists, especially those of color, could...
Kendrick Johnson Death: Independent Autopsy Yields Suspicious Results
CNN is reporting that suspicions surrounding the death of Georgia high school student Kendrick Johnson have not been put to rest....
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...
An Open Letter to Kendrick Lamar
OPINION
by
Jamar Thrasher
The Burton Wire's guest blogger Jamar Thrasher writes an open letter to rising star Kendrick Lamar, a Compton rapper who...
T.I., Fahamu Pecou and Michael Rooks Talk Art, Hip-Hop & Culture
Grammy-winning hip hop superstar T.I. and High Museum of Art curator Michael Rooks recently spoke about an intersection between both fine...
Livestream: African Affairs Hearing on Boko Haram and Missing Girls Today at 10 a.m....
The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs will be holding a hearing today.#BringBackOurGirls: Addressing the Threat of...
2014 Oscars: Lupita Nyong’o Wins Best Supporting Actress for ’12 Years a Slave’
“May it remind me and every child that wherever you’re from, your dreams are valid.” — Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o
Lupiat...
Knowledge is Power; Not Knowing is Privilege
It has long since been understood that knowledge is power. Women and other subjugated voices have recognized that those who control...
ICC Case Against Kenya's President-Elect Still On
Judie Kaberia of AllAfrica.com is reporting that International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda maintains that the decision to drop charges...
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