Nikita Pearl Waligwa, the 15-year-old who starred in Disney’s Queen of Katwe, died tragically Sunday of a brain tumor. According to Uganda’s Daily Monitor, the young actress was diagnosed with the tumor in 2016 as she took on the role of Gloria in Katwe. It was a movie […]
By Victor Omondi For close to a decade The North Brunswick police Department has been full of racially discriminatory practices that target black and Latino neighborhoods. They have been allowing officers to target these neighborhoods to fulfill ticket quotas with the claim that […]
Until The Flood stars Dael Orlandersmith in a gripping solo performance set in the aftermath of the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. Until The Food draws you in to experience each character that she portrays on a personal level, as they […]
By Shara Talia Taylor It was a bittersweet reunion as the NBA All-Star weekend returned to Chicago after 32 years. Television ratings were high and the new format gave the participants extra incentive to compete on both ends of the court. Unfortunately, the […]
For seven decades, India has been held together by its constitution, which promises equality to all. But Narendra Modi’s BJP is remaking the nation into one where some people count as more Indian than others. By Samanth Subramanian Soon after the violence began, on […]
I simply feel like it should be a standard policy that racists shouldn’t be teachers. If you’re going to be an asshole at least have the decency to not be one towards children. Granted racists don’t know what decency is. Otherwise, they probably wouldn’t be racists. China Still Mostly Closed […]
DeMane Davis is a television director and producer whose most recent work is the highly anticipated series “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam CJ Walker” (Netflix/March 20.) The limited series stars Octavia Spencer, Blair Underwood & Tiffany Haddish and Davis produced and directed […]
In celebration of its 35th anniversary, “The Color Purple” is returning to theaters for Black History Month. Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg, the cinematic classic is based on the characters from Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. The story follows the life of Celie […]
By Derrel Jazz Johnson Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Brooklyn product ConnieHawkins was honored at Barclays Center Monday night in a pregameceremony that united dozens of people, including basketball legendsNate “Tiny” Archibald and Richard “Pee Wee” Kirkland, New York Citycouncilman Robert […]
Botswana held its first auctions for the right to hunt elephants since lifting a ban last year. The country has some 130,000 elephants, the largest population in the world. The government sold seven hunting licences on Friday, with each allowing hunters to kill 10 […]
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