By J. Zamgba Browne Chief Correspondent Sen. Cory Booker this week sharply criticized Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen; calling her “complicit” in President Trump’s bigotry for saying she doesn’t remember him making racist comments about Africa and Haiti at a White House meeting. Secretary Nielson, […]
By A. Curtis Farrow Tad Schnugg, the lifelong partner of Tony Award Winning Choreographer George Faison, passed away on Saturday January 13, 2018 in New York City at the theater they co-founded in 2000, The Faison Firehouse Theater. Schnugg and Faison met in1968 while visiting […]
JOHANNESBURG: In a statement, his family said he had “passed peacefully” in Johannesburg “after a protracted and courageous battle with prostate cancer”. “After a protracted and courageous battle with prostate cancer, he passed peacefully in Johannesburg, South Africa, surrounded by his family,” read the […]
(GIN) – Under a so-called “infiltrator’s law”, more than 1,000 African asylum seekers in Israel face deportation from Israeli detention centers starting in March. Speaking at a recent Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the harsh enforcement policy. “We are not acting against refugees,” […]
SCOTUS ruled that the trial of a death row inmate may have been tainted by a juror who questioned whether African Americans have souls. In a 6-3 ruling on Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that Keith Tharpe should be given another chance to appeal his […]
By J. Zamgba Browne Chief Correspondent The chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Cedric L. Richmond reacted to shutdown of the U.S. government, placing the blame squarely on the Republican majority in both the House and Senate. “Since the beginning of this Congress, […]
