“I made this because I don’t wanna see this young Kings face any more with the shirt he was hired to wear by H&M. I’m almost certain the Person Family and their #31 Billion won’t care in Sweden but… this lil guy will see his […]
A time of great sacrifice, triumph One hundred forty-five years ago on Jan. 1, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, helping to transform this country from a union of states into a nation, from a country stained by slavery into one moving at great […]
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 […]