DNC 2012: Events You Should Know About
The 2012 Democratic National Convention has officially kicked-off. Delegates, politicians, celebrities, professionals, local and international journalists and of course Charlotteans have...
President Obama Visits Louisiana Before DNC
NBC New York is reporting that U.S. President Barack Obama is heading to Louisiana today to visit the region after Tropical...
Voter Suppression: What You Need to Know
OPINION
by M.E. Bronson
In the wake of the record turnout in 2008 by traditionally Democratic voters, Republican-led state legislatures made election reform one...
Tropical Storm Isaac: Heads for Gulf Coast on Katrina Anniversary
CNN is reporting that residents of the Gulf Coast are preparing for the arrival of Tropical Storm Isaac on the anniversary...
Nassali Kiggundu: Fashion Fair’s Fresh New Face
Nsenga K. Burton (Editor-in-Chief of TheBurtonWire.com), editor-at-large for TheRoot.com, had the opportunity to chat with Nassali Kiggundu, Fashion Fair Cosmetics' new...
Nassali Kiggundu: Fashion Fair's Fresh New Face
Nsenga K. Burton (Editor-in-Chief of TheBurtonWire.com), editor-at-large for TheRoot.com, had the opportunity to chat with Nassali Kiggundu, Fashion Fair Cosmetics' new...
Ta-Nehisi Coates: Fear of a Black President
In a piece for The Atlantic entitled, "Fear of a Black President," Ta-Nehisis Coates waxes poetic about the historical fear and...