Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s influence on the Civil Rights Movement is indisputable, but his fight for equity in education remains a mystery to some. That fight began with his own education.  “He clearly had an advanced, refined educational foundation from Booker T. Washington High […]
On the website of the Colorado-based Newmont mine, the top page reads in bold letters: “Culture of Zero Harm.” PHOTO CREDIT Yaa Konadu This might come as a surprise to the Ghanaian women of Dormaa-Kantinka whose farms have been threatened and/or seized by the […]
Tanzanian authorities arrested five pregnant schoolgirls together with their parents and then released them on bail as part of a crackdown to end teenage pregnancies in the region. Authorities are reportedly looking for the men who impregnated the girls. Records indicate that over 50 […]
PHOTO CAPTION: Richelieu Dennis purchases Essence Communications from Time Inc., returning the iconic Essence magazine to 100 percent Black ownership. (Essence) In a deal that re-establishes Essence magazine as a totally, Black and independently-owned entity, Sundial Brands founder Richelieu Dennis recently announced the purchase of Essence […]
  U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts in an annual report, called for an aggressive evaluation of how judicial branch handles allegations of sexual harassment. In the report, “The State of the Judiciary,†Justice Roberts said that recent events “have illuminated the depth of […]
U.S. Senator-elect Doug Jones of Alabama this week hired Dana Gresham, an African-American Washington, D.C. insider, as his chief of staff. Jones, who was set to be sworn in Wednesday, Jan. 3, will be the only Democratic U.S. Senator with a black chief of […]
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